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Original Article

Pathogen colonization in patients with acute cerebral stroke

Kwang-Hwa Chang
,
Tsan-Hon Liou
,
Chin-I Chen
,
Chien-Hua WuDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li
,
Wen-Yen HsuDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei
&
Tsong-Yih OuDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 662-667 | Received 27 Oct 2011, Accepted 29 Jun 2012, Published online: 20 Aug 2012

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