Cribriform plate dehiscence and encephalo-meningocele may not be the only cause of recurrent bacterial meningitis

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Published Jun 28, 2024
https://doi.org/10.62438/tunismed.v102i7.5058
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Vol. 102 No. 7 (2024): Tunis Med jul 2024

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Josef Finsterer
Neurology et Neurophysiology Censer, Vienna, Austria
Sounira Mehri
Biochemistry Laboratory, LR12ES05 "Nutrition-Functional Foods and Vascular Health", Faculty of Medicine, Monastir, Tunisia

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bacterial meningitis, streptococcus pneumoniae , cribriform plate, encephalo-meningocele, recurrence

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