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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul;37(4):346-348.
doi: 10.3343/alm.2017.37.4.346.

First Case of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Mycoplasma hominis in a Pediatric Immunocompromised Patient

Hanwool Cho  1 , Kang Gyun Park  1 , Seong Beom Han  2 , Nack Gyun Chung  2 , Yeon Joon Park  3
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Case Reports

First Case of Skin and Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Mycoplasma hominis in a Pediatric Immunocompromised Patient

Hanwool Cho et al. Ann Lab Med. 2017 Jul.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Result of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI TOF)-mass spectrometry for the identification of Mycoplasma hominis.
Abbreviations: m, mass; z, charge; Da, Dalton.
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