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A case of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia with pulmonary cryptococcosis

Jiunn-Sheng Wu1, Ming-Yieh Peng1, Chan-Yen Kuo2

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection = Wei Mian Yu Gan Ran Za Zhi
|January 26, 2021
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CryptococcusMethicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)Necrotizing pneumonia

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