Case report: multiple and atypical amoebic cerebral abscesses resistant to treatment
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Multiple amoebic liver abscesses.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05391-y