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Research Article

Aortic Prosthetic Endocarditis with Neisseria elongata Subspecies nitroreducens

Cristina Picu Infectious Diseases Department Regional Hospital Orleans Orléans la Source
,
Catherine Mille Infectious Diseases Department Regional Hospital Orleans Orléans la Source
,
Gabriel Adrian Popescu Infectious Diseases Department Regional Hospital Orleans Orléans la Source
,
Laurent Bret Microbiology Department Regional Hospital Orleans Orléans la Source
&
Thierry Prazuck Microbiology Department Regional Hospital Orleans Orléans la Source
Pages 280-282 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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