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Intravenous Catheter-related Septic Shock Caused by Staphylococcus sciuri and Escherichia vulneris

Toshinobu Horii, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Taku Kimura, Takashi Kanno, Masato Maekawa
Pages 930-932 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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