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A Case Report of a Rare Pulmonary Opportunistic Infection in an Infant Caused by Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens

Sheng Long1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Peijuan Tang1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Pengwen Ouyang1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xiangjian Liao2 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Changsha Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Changsha Eighth Hospital), Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Liangyi Xie1 Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 725-731 | Received 01 Apr 2024, Accepted 20 Jul 2024, Published online: 30 Jul 2024

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