Review ArticleClinical Review

Soil-Related Bacterial and Fungal Infections

Dennis J. Baumgardner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2012, 25 (5) 734-744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.110226

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