E Bissagnene, F Kouassi-Yapi, V Ba-Zeze, A Odi, A Kadio
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Abstract
A 76 year old patient is admitted in an intensive care unit with severe acute pneumococcal meningitis. He dies 2 days after admission besides antibiotherapy by ampicillin. Interest of measures for preventing the infections after lumbar puncture is discussed.