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Highly Resistant Corynebacterium macginleyi as Cause of Intravenous Catheter-Related Infection

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    G. Dobler & I. Braveny

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Dobler, G., Braveny, I. Highly Resistant Corynebacterium macginleyi as Cause of Intravenous Catheter-Related Infection. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 22, 72–73 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-002-0870-6

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