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. 2023 Apr 18;67(4):e0001223.
doi: 10.1128/aac.00012-23. Epub 2023 Mar 7.

Empirical Treatment in Acute Bacterial Meningitis: a Plea for High Doses of Cefotaxime or Ceftriaxone

Paul Le Turnier  1 , Pierre Tattevin  2   3 , Emmanuelle Varon  4   5 , Xavier Duval  6   7
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Empirical Treatment in Acute Bacterial Meningitis: a Plea for High Doses of Cefotaxime or Ceftriaxone

Paul Le Turnier et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. .
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Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae; cephalosporin; meningitis.

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