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Case Report

Bacteremia Caused by the Eggerthella lenta in a Previously Healthy 30-Year-Old Man with Acute Suppurative Appendicitis: A Case Report from China

Jie Jiang1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
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Bo She3 PET/CT Center, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China;4 PET/CT Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
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Rui Zheng1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China;2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 3695-3698 | Published online: 19 Oct 2020

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