Slow initial β-lactam infusion and oral paracetamol to treat childhood bacterial meningitis: a randomised, controlled trial.

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• Publication year

  2011

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  Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70055-XPMID 21550313
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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