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Acta Clinica Belgica
International Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine
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NECROTIZING FASCIITIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE IN A HEALTHY 68-YEAR OLD MAN: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

M. MylleInternal Medicine Leuven University Hospital, Herestraat49, 3000Leuven, Belgium
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J. GoubauServices of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Sint-Jan Hospital, Ruddershove10, 8000Brugge, Belgium
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M. BourgeoisIntensive care Sint-Jan Hospital, Ruddershove10, 8000Brugge, Belgium
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S.J. VandecasteeleNephrology and Infectious diseases Sint-Jan Hospital, Ruddershove10, 8000Brugge, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 452-454 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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