A Non-HIV-infected Man with Multiple Infections: Mycobacterium abscessus Lymphadenitis, Pulmonary Cryptococcosis and Tuberculous Osteomyelitis
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Received for publication: August 19, 2010. Reprint request: Pornrith Pisuttimarn, M.D., Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010