Conjunctivitis caused by a nutritionally variant streptococcus.
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We report on a case of conjunctivitis caused by a nutritionally variant streptococcus in a newborn infant.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 23 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986