A 38-year-old woman with necrotising cervical lymphadenitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum
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A 38-year-old woman with necrotising cervical lymphadenitis due to Histoplasma capsulatum
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0300-8126,1439-0973
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-017-1060-x