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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2005

01-08-2005 | Correspondence

Acute purulent pericarditis in pneumococcal meningitis

Authors: Martin E. G. Blohm, Horst Schroten, Andreas Heusch, Andreas Christaras, Mario Micek, Juergen Wintgens, Ertan Mayatepek, Thomas Hoehn

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2005

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Metadata
Title
Acute purulent pericarditis in pneumococcal meningitis
Authors
Martin E. G. Blohm
Horst Schroten
Andreas Heusch
Andreas Christaras
Mario Micek
Juergen Wintgens
Ertan Mayatepek
Thomas Hoehn
Publication date
01-08-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2005
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2676-3

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