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Clinical outcome of pneumococcal meningitis during the emergence of pencillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: an observational study

BACKGROUND: Prior to the availability of generic third-generation cephalosporins, penicillins were widely used for treatment of pneumococcal meningitis in developing countries despite concerns about rising levels of penicillin resistance among pneumococcal isolates. We examined the impact of penicil...

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Autores principales: Gouveia, Edilane L, Reis, Joice N, Flannery, Brendan, Cordeiro, Soraia M, Lima, Josilene BT, Pinheiro, Ricardo M, Salgado, Kátia, Mascarenhas, Ana Veronica, Carvalho, M Gloria, Beall, Bernard W, Reis, Mitermayer G, Ko, Albert I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22103652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-323