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Case Report

Maternal ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection due to Corynebacterium xerosis following caesarean section

Meryem Hocaoğlua Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey; Correspondence[email protected]
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Abdulkadir Turgutb Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Emin Mehmet Eminoğluc Department of Neurosurgery, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey;
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Fatma Yılmaz Karadağd Department of Infectious Diseases, Goztepe Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ateş Karatekeb Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey;
Pages 400-402 | Published online: 08 Jun 2018

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