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Research Article

Streptococcus zooepidemicus Meningitis and Bacteraemia

Onur Ural Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Selcuk University Konya
,
Inci Tuncer Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Meram Medicine Selcuk University Konya
,
Nebahat Dikici Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Selcuk University Konya
&
Buket Aridogan Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Süleyman Demirel University Konya
Pages 206-207 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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