Pulmonary and mediastinal tuberculosis in an immunocompetent child presenting as sternal abscess protruding from the skin
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0300-8126,1439-0973
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0708-z