An unusual successful treatment with non-sulfonamides: primary cutaneous nocardiosis caused by <em>Nocardia brasiliensis</em>
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1178-203X
DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s169239