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Differences in bile microbiology according to region and hospital: response to correspondence on “bile microbiology at a hospital in southern Taiwan”

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Kwon, W., Kim, SW. & Jang, JY. Differences in bile microbiology according to region and hospital: response to correspondence on “bile microbiology at a hospital in southern Taiwan”. Infection 41, 1037–1038 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-013-0416-0

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