Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection of the knee after arthrocentesis for idiopathic hemarthrosis: A case report
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Medicine and Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2049-0801
DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102332