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Septic shock due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a previously healthy woman

S Ishihara1, M Takino, Y Okada

  • 1US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6315, USA.

Intensive Care Medicine
|March 1, 1995
PubMed

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