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serogroups displaying the hypermucoviscosity phenotype are associated with a distinct clinical syndrome characterized by liver abscesses, bacteraemia and metastatic lesions. We describe here what we believe to be the first reported case of hypermucoviscous causing a superficial Bartholin's abscess in the absence of systemic involvement.

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2009-05-01
2025-12-14

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