A case of dyspnea due to pathogenic Corynebacterium striatum in a patient with a bronchial stent.

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China. Electronic address:

Published: April 2020

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