AUSTRIAN SYNDROME: A RARE CASE REPORT

Authors

  • KAMENA MWANA-YILE HASSAN infectious Diseases
  • Samia EJJEBLI
  • Hanane BADI
  • Jean Claude BUCUMI
  • Kamal El Filali MARHOUM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21010/Ajidv18i1.4

Keywords:

Austrian syndrome, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Meningitis, Endocarditis

Abstract

Austrian

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2023-10-20

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HASSAN, K. M.-Y., EJJEBLI, S., BADI, H., BUCUMI, J. C., & MARHOUM , K. E. F. (2023). AUSTRIAN SYNDROME: A RARE CASE REPORT. African Journal of Infectious Diseases (AJID), 18(1), 23–27. https://doi.org/10.21010/Ajidv18i1.4

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2024)

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Case Report

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