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Pylephlebitis as a Complication of Cholangitis and Sepsis in an HIV-Positive Patient

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  1. Hospitalist Service, “Campus Bio-Medico” University, Via Álvaro del Portillo 200, 00128, Rome, Italy

    Enrico Maria Zardi

  2. Radiology Department, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Urbino, Italy

    Chiara Giorgi

  3. Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome “Sapienza,” Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Domenico Maria Zardi

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Zardi, E.M., Giorgi, C. & Zardi, D.M. Pylephlebitis as a Complication of Cholangitis and Sepsis in an HIV-Positive Patient. Dig Dis Sci 64, 1719–1721 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5391-y

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