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Original Article

Successful Interferon-γ Therapy in a Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) Patient Suffering from Staphylococcus aureus Hepatic Abscess and Invasive Candida albicans Infection

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Pages 61-66 | Published online: 07 Feb 2010

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