Isolation of Abiotrophia adiacens from a Brain Abscess Which Developed in a Patient after Neurosurgery
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.769-771.1999