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Case Report

Excellent Prognosis of Culture Negative Endocarditis in Hemodialysis Patients: A Case Series

I-Wen Wu Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
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Yung-Chang Chen Linkuo Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ming-Yang Chang Linkuo Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ya-Chung Tian Linkuo Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ji-Tseng Fang Linkuo Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mai-Szu Wu Linkuo Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chih-Wei Yang Linkuo Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pages 767-771 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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