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Vol. 47. Issue 5.
Pages 265-266 (January 2011)
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Vol. 47. Issue 5.
Pages 265-266 (January 2011)
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Usefulness of the Presence of Trophozoites in Pleural Fluid in the Diagnosis of Amoebic Empyema and Liver Abscess
Utilidad de la visualización de trofozoitos en líquido pleural en el diagnóstico de empiema y absceso hepático amebianos
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Juan Parejo-Matosa,
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, Santiago Rodríguez-Suárezb, Rafael Luque-Márquezc
a Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
b Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
c Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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