Management of Meningitis Caused by Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Overview

Journal Antimicrob Agents Chemother

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 1995 Oct 1

PMID 8619561

Citations 33

Authors

M M Paris

O Ramilo

G H McCracken Jr

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