Mycobacterium kansasii Infections in Patients with Cancer
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Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1086/313801