Report of a case of Dermabacter hominis bacteremia

Medical Microbiology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 418-425

  Cartuyvels, R ^a   Verhaegen, J ^a   Peetermans, W E ^a   Wauters, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

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