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Case Reports
. 2020 May;40(3):270-273.
doi: 10.3343/alm.2020.40.3.270.

First Two Cases of Infected Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Non-Vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 23A

Risako Kakuta  1 , Ryuichi Nakano  2 , Hisakazu Yano  2 , Daiki Ozawa  3 , Nobuo Ohta  4 , Takayuki Matsuoka  5 , Naotaka Motoyoshi  6 , Shunsuke Kawamoto  5 , Yoshikatsu Saiki  6 , Yukio Katori  3 , Mitsuo Kaku  7   8
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First Two Cases of Infected Aortic Aneurysm Caused by Non-Vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 23A

Risako Kakuta et al. Ann Lab Med. 2020 May.
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