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Fatal meningitis due to catheter-relatedStaphylococcus epidermidis bacteraemia in a granulocytopenic Patient without prediposing trauma

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    H. F. L. Guiot & L. G. Visser

  2. Department of Haematology/BMT, Bldg. 1, C6-106

    H. F. L. Guiot & R. M. Y. Barge

  3. Department of Microbiology, University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    R. Bosboom & J. A. M. van de Klundert

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Guiot, H.F.L., Visser, L.G., Barge, R.M.Y. et al. Fatal meningitis due to catheter-relatedStaphylococcus epidermidis bacteraemia in a granulocytopenic Patient without prediposing trauma. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 13, 772–773 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02276065

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