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The clinical diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: the diagnostic importance of highly elevated serum cold agglutinins

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Cunha, B.A. The clinical diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae: the diagnostic importance of highly elevated serum cold agglutinins. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 27, 1017–1019 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-008-0526-2

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