Mycotic (Infected) Aneurysm Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 317-320

  Afsari, Khosrow ^a   Stallone, Robert ^b   Wong, Glenn D ^a,c  

^a Touro University California   (United States)

^b Doctor's Medical Center   (United States)

^c TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycotic aneurysm; Osteomyelitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345320103     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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