Colonoscopy is mandatory after Streptococcus bovis endocarditis: a lesson still not learned. Case report.

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Published in World J Surg Oncol on May 12, 2008

Authors

Alberta Ferrari1, Ivan Botrugno, Elisa Bombelli, Tommaso Dominioni, Emma Cavazzi, Paolo Dionigi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Pavia, Istituto di Chirurgia Epatopancreatica, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. albertaferrari@libero.it

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