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Rachdi, K., Legros, V., Mestrallet, S. et al. Multiple brain abscesses of gynecologic origin caused by Fusobacterium nucleatum . Réanimation 23, 327–328 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13546-014-0870-4
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