Lactobacillus rhamnosus endocarditis: An unusual culprit in a patient with Barlow's disease.
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a 1st Cardiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece b Microbiology Department, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece c Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece d Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece e Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese
دوره 57 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016