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Research Article

Mycobacterium fortuitum Osteomyelitis in a Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Recipient

S. Ahmed Tejan-Sie, Robin K. Avery, Sherif B. Mossad Department of Infectious Diseases, S-32, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
Pages 94-96 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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