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Case Reports
. 2004 May;10(5):969-70.
doi: 10.3201/eid1005.030681.

Iatrogenic Mycobacterium simiae skin infection in an immunocompetent patient

Jaime Piquero, Vanesa Piquero Casals, Edgar Larotta Higuera, Mitchell Yakrus, David Sikes, Jacobus H de Waard
Case Reports

Iatrogenic Mycobacterium simiae skin infection in an immunocompetent patient

Jaime Piquero et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 May.
No abstract available

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