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Abstract
A case of A. aerogenes meningitis with bacteremia following an appendectomy with spinal anesthesia which
was successfully treated with streptomycin is reported.
Sixteen cases in which A. aerogenes was thought to have been cultured from the spinal fluid were found in the world literature.
These cases have been briefly reviewed.
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Received:
April 5,
1950
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© 1951 Published by Elsevier Inc.