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Septic shock due toVibrio vulnificus serogroup 04 wound infection acquired from the Baltic Sea

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    E. Engelmann & H. Hahn

  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200, Berlin, Germany

    J. Hoyer, R. -M. Liehr & A. Distler

  3. Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Health, Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Shimada

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Hoyer, J., Engelmann, E., Liehr, R.M. et al. Septic shock due toVibrio vulnificus serogroup 04 wound infection acquired from the Baltic Sea. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 14, 1016–1018 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01691388

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