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Linezolid as rescue therapy for pneumococcal meningitis

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  1. Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario la Fe, Avda. Campanar 21, 46009, Valencia, Spain

    Paula Ramírez, Concepción Cortés, Pedro Kot & Juan M. Bonastre

  2. Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitario la Fe, Valencia, Spain

    Jose M. Sahuquillo

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Ramírez, P., Sahuquillo, J.M., Cortés, C. et al. Linezolid as rescue therapy for pneumococcal meningitis. Intensive Care Med 33, 924–925 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0557-7

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