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CaseReport Article

Disseminated Tuberculosis Treated with Amikacin in a Patient with Acute Myelocytic Leukemia

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Pages 444-446 | Received 02 May 1996, Accepted 05 Nov 1996, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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