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Johnson, A., Hulse, P. & Oppenheim, B.A. Corynebacterium jeikeium meningitis and transverse myelitis in a neutropenic patient. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 473–474 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01961869
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