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Staphylococcus lugdunensis from gluteal abscess to destructive native triple valve endocarditis

Fahad M. Al Majid
Saudi Medical Journal October 2018, 39 (10) 1050-1053; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.10.22905
Fahad M. Al Majid
From the Division of Infectious Diseases, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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