Subcutaneous abscess formation in septic melioidosis, devoid of associated risk factors
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Tobias Brummaier *, Clare Ling , Cindy S. Chu , Vanaporn Wuthiekanun , Warat Haohankhunnatham, Rose McGready a,b a Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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دوره 4 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2016