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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired meningitis

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This work was supported in part by grants from the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (B086), and Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica. (PICT 14234 and PICT 12210) to G.G. and M.M. G.G. is a member of “Carrera del Investigador”, CONICET, Argentina. N.G. is recipient of a Doctoral Fellowship from the University of Buenos Aires.

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  1. Hospital Público Provincial de Pediatría de Autogestión, Avenida Mariano Moreno 110, 3300, Posadas, Provincia de Misiones, Argentina

    M. von Specht & P. Tagliaferri

  2. Cátedra de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junin 954, 1113, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    N. Gardella, G. Gutkind & M. Mollerach

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von Specht, M., Gardella, N., Tagliaferri, P. et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired meningitis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 267–269 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0124-0

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