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Letter to the Editor

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Shewanella spp. infections in a tertiary hospital in Madrid

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Pages 760-762 | Received 28 Feb 2016, Accepted 19 Mar 2016, Published online: 14 Jun 2016

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