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Nosocomial endocarditis: still a challenging diagnosis

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    Emanuele Durante-Mangoni & Riccardo Utili

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Durante-Mangoni, E., Utili, R. Nosocomial endocarditis: still a challenging diagnosis. Intern Emerg Med 9, 715–716 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-014-1105-4

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