Disseminated disease caused by Mycobacterium simiae in AIDS patients: a report of three cases
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03021.x