Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 945-950 , July 2009

Treatment of bacterial meningitis: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

  • Kameshwar Prasad

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Kameshwar Prasad, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine & Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, P.O Box 22979, Manama, Bahrain. Tel.: +973 17239818; fax: +973 17230730.
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  • Neha Karlupia
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  • Amit Kumar

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PII: S0954-6111(09)00103-6

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.03.019

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 945-950 , July 2009

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