Prevalence of Nocardia Species Isolated from Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections at Siriraj Hospital, Thailand
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*Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. **Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. ***Department of Medical Sciences, Thailand National Institute of Health, Bangkok 11000, Thailand. Received for publication: October 25, 2006. Reprint request: Chanwit Tribuddharat, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. E-mail: [email protected]
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