A Case of Mycobacterium Marinum Tenosynovitis Diagnosed by the PCR-restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of the rpoB Gene
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Chung, Ho-Jung
(Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Lee, Mi-Rae (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Bae, Sun-Youn (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Mi-Yeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Chung, Doo-Ryeon (Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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