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Can you please discuss the incubation period of bacterial spinal menigitis?

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Bacterial meningitis: The incubation time for bacterial spinal menigitis is typically short. Meaning in a mater of days. Bacterial in the spine or brain usually becomes clinically evident fairly quickly.

Answered 8/7/2013

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