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Clinical Case Study

CIKPLA: Cryptogenic invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess (and meningitis) - an emerging disease in South Africa?

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Pages 28-29 | Received 11 Oct 2009, Accepted 17 Feb 2010, Published online: 15 Jul 2015

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