Group B Streptococcal Necrotizing Fasciitis
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Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SBS-B1n-27, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551; School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, SBS-B2n-27, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551; National University of Singapore (NUS)-The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Mechanisms of Inflammation, Campus for Research Excellence ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700005671