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CASE REPORT

Clostridium paraputrificum Bacteremia in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Case Report and Literature Review

Nehal Hosin1 Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Batool M Abu-Ali2 Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases Division, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-0092View further author information
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Abdullatif S Al Rashed1 Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sara M Al-Warthan3 Department of Internal Medicine, King Fahd Hospital of the University (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University), Al Khobar, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Asim E Diab1 Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
Pages 1449-1454 | Received 16 Dec 2022, Accepted 06 Mar 2023, Published online: 14 Mar 2023

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