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Mycobacterium szulgai: an unusual cause of disseminated mycobacterial infections

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  1. Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue; A Building, Room 102-B, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA

    S. Riedel

  2. Department of Pathology, Division of Microbiology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street; Meyer B1-193, Baltimore, MD, 21287-7093, USA

    K. Dionne, K. C. Carroll & N. M. Parrish

  3. Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA

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Riedel, S., Dionne, K., Ellis, C. et al. Mycobacterium szulgai: an unusual cause of disseminated mycobacterial infections. Infection 40, 463–468 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0213-6

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