Polymicrobial infection in Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in Karachi
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Polymicrobial infection in campylobacter enteritis.
showed a haemoglobin concentration of 124 g 1; white cell count 2-4x 109/1 (76°,' neutrophils, 20",, lymphocytes, 4",, monocvtes); platelet count 200 x 109 1; sedimentation rate 44 mm in first hour; normal urea and electrolytes and liver function values; antinuclear factor titre positive at 1/1280; rheumatoid arthritis haemagglutination titre positive at 1 80; and double stranded deoxyribonucle...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0378-1097
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(87)90229-1