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Lung abscess due toEikenella corrodens: Three cases and review

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  1. Infectious Diseases Clinic, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    A. Kentos, F. Jacobs, B. Delaere & J. P. Thys

  2. Chest Department, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    P. De Vuyst & P. Demaeyer

  3. Department of Microbiology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    M. J. Struelens

  4. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    P. de Francquen

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Kentos, A., De Vuyst, P., Struelens, M.J. et al. Lung abscess due toEikenella corrodens: Three cases and review. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 146–148 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02111877

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