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Rhinoscleroma.
Rhinoscleroma is a progressive, granulomatous infectious disease, usually limited to the upper respiratory tract and produced by Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis 1,2 . Sporadic cases and endemic foci of the disease have been found in 68 countries 3,4 . Clinically, the disease has been described in progressive stages; however overlapping of the stages occur frequently in the individual patient 3,5-7 ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0036-4665
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652006000500011