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Enterococcus: not an innocent bystander in cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

✍ Scribed by J.-H. Lee; J.-H. Yoon; B. H. Kim; G. E. Chung; S. J. Myung; W. Kim; Y. J. Kim; E.-C. Kim; H.-S. Lee

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 116 KB
Volume: 28
Category: Article
ISSN: 0934-9723
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0578-3

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