Rare Elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult.
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SUBMITTER: Hayek SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3636594 | biostudies-other | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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