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Multiple recurrent bacillary angiomatosis due toBartonella quintana in an HIV-infected patient

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  1. Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141, Clamart, France

    P. Colson & F. Boué

  2. Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141, Clamart, France

    L. Lebrun & P. Nordmann

  3. Faculté de Médecine, Unité des Rickettsies, 13385, Marseille, France

    M. Drancourt & D. Raoult

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Colson, P., Lebrun, L., Drancourt, M. et al. Multiple recurrent bacillary angiomatosis due toBartonella quintana in an HIV-infected patient. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 178–180 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591496

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