Coryneform bacterial endocarditis: difficulties in diagnosis and treatment, presentation of three cases, and review of literature.

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Published in Mayo Clin Proc on April 01, 1977

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R E Van Scoy, S N Cohen, J E Geraci, J A Washington

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