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Case Report: Multiple Liver Abscesses Caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in a Patient Receiving Long-Term Transfusion Therapy for Osteomyelosclerosis

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Schuchmann, M., Gerbes, A.L., Heesemann, J. et al. Case Report: Multiple Liver Abscesses Caused by Yersinia enterocolitica in a Patient Receiving Long-Term Transfusion Therapy for Osteomyelosclerosis. Dig Dis Sci 42, 2501–2504 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018808527632

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