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Children’s National Hospital case report sounds the alarm for antibiotic resistance – Science Codex
WASHINGTON-(August, 3, 2020)- A recent meningitis case at Children’s National Hospital raises serious concerns about antibiotic resistance in the common bacterium that caused it, researchers from the hospital write in a case report. Their findings, published online August 3 in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society, could change laboratory and clinical practice across the U.S. and potentially around the globe.
Neisseria meningitidis is the leading cause of bacterial meningitis …
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