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Enrichment culture of CSF is of limited value in the diagnosis of neonatal meningitis

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  1. Department of Neonatology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

    S. H. Chaudhry & A. Gupta

  2. Department of Microbiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

    D. Wagstaff, I. C. Bowler & D. P. Webster

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Chaudhry, S.H., Wagstaff, D., Gupta, A. et al. Enrichment culture of CSF is of limited value in the diagnosis of neonatal meningitis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 30, 931–933 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-011-1163-8

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