Combined Therapies in Abdominal Actinomycosis
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CAMELIA VIDITA GURBAN1, FLORINA-MARIA ANDRICA2*, COSMIN CITU3, ELENA HOGEA3*, IOSIF MARINCU4, MARIOARA CORNIANU5, OVIDIU ALEXANDRU MEDERLE6 1 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 3 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Faculty of Medicine, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 4 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Infectious Diseases, Pneumology, Epidemiology and Parasitology, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 5 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Pathology, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 6 Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Histology, 2 Eftimie Murgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania
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