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Case Report

Mycotic aneurysm caused by burkholderia pseudomallei with negative blood cultures

Wiriya Tanyaowalak From the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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Sarat Sunthornyothin From the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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Kittichai Luengtaviboon Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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Chusana Suankratay From the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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Wanla Kulwichit From the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, ThailandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 68-69 | Received 30 Sep 2003, Accepted 15 Oct 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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