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Fishing injury resulting in Mycobacterium fortuitum palmar abscess

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK

    B. Patel & J. S. Friedland

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    J. Nanchalal

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Patel, B., Nanchalal, J. & Friedland, J.S. Fishing injury resulting in Mycobacterium fortuitum palmar abscess. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26, 427–429 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0299-z

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