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Case Reports
. 2010 Dec;48(12):4667-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01349-10. Epub 2010 Oct 27.

Meningitis due to Providencia stuartii

Oguz Resat Sipahi  1 , Selin Bardak-Ozcem, Erkin Ozgiray, Sohret Aydemir, Taskin Yurtseven, Tansu Yamazhan, Meltem Tasbakan, Sercan Ulusoy
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Meningitis due to Providencia stuartii

Oguz Resat Sipahi et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Dec.

Abstract

In this report, we present a case of postneurosurgical meningitis due to Providencia stuartii, which was treated successfully with meropenem therapy lasting 21 days.

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