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Case Reports
. 2009 Aug;15(8):1314-5.
doi: 10.3201/eid1508.081568.

Pigs as source for toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

Regina Schuhegger, Christoph Schoerner, Julia Dlugaiczyk, Ina Lichtenfeld, Alexander Trouillier, Veronique Zeller-Peronnet, Ulrich Busch, Anja Berger, Rudolf Kugler, Stefan Hörmansdorfer, Andreas Sing
Case Reports

Pigs as source for toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

Regina Schuhegger et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Aug.
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