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Streptococcus bovis endocarditis as first clinical expression of an occult colorectal neoplasm

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  1. Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Ospedale Nuovo Santa Chiara, Via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Lorenzo Fregoli, Matteo Palmeri, Carlo Palombo, Marco Pelosini, Paolo Miccoli & Massimo Chiarugi

  2. Clinical Cardiology Unit, Fondazione Toscana G. Monasterio, Pisa, Italy

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Fregoli, L., Palmeri, M., Palombo, C. et al. Streptococcus bovis endocarditis as first clinical expression of an occult colorectal neoplasm. Int J Colorectal Dis 30, 145–146 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-014-1968-x

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