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Community-acquired hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive infection in critically ill patients who dramatically improved

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    O. Bernard de Lajartre, A. Maamar & F. Delamaire

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de Lajartre, O.B., Maamar, A., Dejoies, L. et al. Community-acquired hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive infection in critically ill patients who dramatically improved. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 41, 1275–1277 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-022-04486-5

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