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Aseptic meningitis in neonatal varicella complicated by Escherichia coli sepsis

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  1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, via Luca Giordano 13, 50132 , Firenze, Italy

    Maria Serenella Pignotti, Giuseppe Indolfi & Gianpaolo Donzelli

  2. Department of Surgery, Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

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Pignotti, M.S., Indolfi, G., Messineo, A. et al. Aseptic meningitis in neonatal varicella complicated by Escherichia coli sepsis. Eur J Pediatr 163, 343–344 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-004-1435-8

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