Infective endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana in Greenland
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Received 27 June 2014 Accepted 10 September 2014 Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Clinical Microbiology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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