A Case of Post-Operative Intra-Abdominal Infection Caused by Corynebacterium Striatum |
Choi, Hyun-Seok
(Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science)
Kim, Ju-Seung (Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) Jung, Eul-Sik (Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) Kim, Ae-Jin (Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) Jung, Han (Department of Urology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) Park, Yoon-Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) Seo, Yiel-Hea (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medicine and Science) |
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