Chromobacterium violaceum: a fatal case in the northeast of the Brazil
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1676-2444
DOI: 10.5935/1676-2444.20140027