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CASE REPORTS

Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis Caused by Brucella melitensis

Serap Gençer Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, IstanbulCorrespondencee-mail. [email protected]
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Serdar Özer Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul
Pages 341-343 | Received 06 Dec 2002, Accepted 04 Feb 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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