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Fatal septicemia due to a toxigenic strain ofCorynebacterium diphtheriae subspeciesmitis

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    V. Barakett & J. C. Petit

  2. Department of Hepatology, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75571, Paris Cedex 12, France

    G. Bellaich

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Barakett, V., Bellaich, G. & Petit, J.C. Fatal septicemia due to a toxigenic strain ofCorynebacterium diphtheriae subspeciesmitis . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 761–762 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01989988

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