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Are cytokines and adhesion molecules useful parameters to differentiate bacterial from fungal ventriculitis?

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, Innsbruck, Austria

    Irmgard Mayringer, Markus Reindl, Bettina Pfausler, Wolfgang Berger, Thomas Berger & Erich Schmutzhard

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Mayringer, I., Reindl, M., Pfausler, B. et al. Are cytokines and adhesion molecules useful parameters to differentiate bacterial from fungal ventriculitis?. Intensive Care Med 27, 1105 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001340100945

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