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Meningitis bacteriana en ambientes de bajos recursos

La meningitis bacteriana continúa siendo una patología de amplia morbilidad y mortalidad en diferentes escenarios, sobre todo en aquellos de menores recursos donde la falta de accesibilidad precoz, la desnutrición y la anemia empeoran el pronóstico.
Autor/a: Elizabeth Molyneux, FRCPCH and Jenala Njiram’madzi, MBBS Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial Meningitis in Resource Poor Settings
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