Treatment of Meningitis Caused by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus with Synercid |
Oh, Hyung-Suk
(Department of Neurosurgery, Kosin University College of Medicine)
Jeon, Byung-Chan (Department of Neurosurgery, Kosin University College of Medicine) Kim, Young-Su (Department of Neurosurgery, Kosin University College of Medicine) Chun, Tae-Sang (Department of Neurosurgery, Kosin University College of Medicine) |
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