Bronchiolitis and bacteraemia caused by Burkholderia gladioli in a non-lung transplantation patient
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Bronchiolitis and bacteraemia caused by Burkholderia gladioli in a non-lung transplantation patient O. Imataki, N. Kita, H. Nakayama-Imaohji, J.-i. Kida, T. Kuwahara and M. Uemura 1) Division of Haematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, 2) Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and 3) Division of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
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