Community-acquired Escherichia coli meningitis and spondylodiscitis in an adult patient with discoid lupus erythematosus
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Linear cutaneous lupus erythematosus/discoid lupus erythematosus in an adult
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عنوان ژورنال: IDCases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2214-2509
DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00573