Severe infections caused by Propionibacterium acnes: an underestimated pathogen in late postoperative infections.

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Published in Yale J Biol Med on February 17, 1998

Authors

E Jakab1, R Zbinden, J Gubler, C Ruef, A von Graevenitz, M Krause

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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