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Case Report

Granulicatella (Abiotrophia) adiacens Infection Associated with a Total Knee Arthroplasty

Ulf Riede Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Liestal, Switzerland; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Zurich, Balgrist, Switzerland
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Peter Graber University Clinic of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Liestal, Switzerland
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Peter E. Ochsner Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital Liestal, Switzerland
Pages 761-764 | Published online: 24 Dec 2012

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