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Visualization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa within the Sputum of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
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Positive string test in a patient with hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae infection
R Ono1, I Kitagawa1
1Department of General Internal Medicine, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, 1370-1 Okamoto, Kamakura City, Kanagawa 247-8533, Japan.
QJM : Monthly Journal of the Association of Physicians
|August 4, 2021
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