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Native valve endocarditis due toCorynebacterium striatum

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  1. Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, M4N 3M5, North York, Ontario, Canada

    D. N. Juurlink & A. E. Simor

  2. The Central Public Health Laboratory, Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    A. Borczyk

  3. Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, M4N 3M5, North York, Ontario, Canada

    A. E. Simor

  4. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    D. N. Juurlink & A. E. Simor

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Juurlink, D.N., Borczyk, A. & Simor, A.E. Native valve endocarditis due toCorynebacterium striatum . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 963–965 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01690520

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