Pyogenic liver abscesses from Fusobacterium nucleatum in an immunocompetent host
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2210-7401
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2019.09.001