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Late Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection from Maternal Expressed Breast Milk in a Very Low Birth Weight Infant

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Arias-Camison, J. Late Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection from Maternal Expressed Breast Milk in a Very Low Birth Weight Infant. J Perinatol 23, 691–692 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210994

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