Other Foci of Infections in Community Acquired Central Nervous System Infections
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Other Foci of Infections in Community Acquired Central Nervous System Infections
The data related to the distribution of other focal infections in central nervous system (CNS) infection patients is inconsistent in medical literature. Infectious Diseases International Research Initiative (ID-IRI) has been carrying on multicenter and multinational studies since 2008 and provided bulk of information on pneumococcal meningitis, brucellar meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Meningitis
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2572-2050
DOI: 10.4172/2572-2050.1000108