Nocardia farcinicaSternotomy Site Infections in Patients following Open Heart Surgery
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Following Open Heart Surgery
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/314450