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Comment
. 2018 Aug;18(4):351.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-4-351c.

Importance of CSF lactate concentration in the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis

Eamon P McCarron  1 , Shiva Sreenivasan  1
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Comment

Importance of CSF lactate concentration in the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis

Eamon P McCarron et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Aug.
No abstract available

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    Griffiths MJ, McGill F, Solomon T. Griffiths MJ, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Aug;18(4):352. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-4-352. Clin Med (Lond). 2018. PMID: 30072570 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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  • Management of acute meningitis.
    Griffiths MJ, McGill F, Solomon T. Griffiths MJ, et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2018 Mar;18(2):164-169. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-2-164. Clin Med (Lond). 2018. PMID: 29626023 Free PMC article.

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