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. 2022 Nov 1;41(11):e504-e505.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003676. Epub 2022 Aug 31.

Chest Wall Tuberculosis After Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination

Mayu Iwai  1 , Takashi Fukushima  2 , Noriyuki Watanabe  3 , Atsuhiko Ohta  4 , Atsuko Watanabe  4 , Takamasa Takii  5 , Kotaro Mitsutake  6 , Ryuhei Tanaka  2 , Yasuhiro Ebihara  7
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Chest Wall Tuberculosis After Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination

Mayu Iwai et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. .
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