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Vol 73, No 1 (2022)
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by Vibrio species from the Baltic Sea — three clinical cases
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Affiliations- National Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
- Department of Hyperbaric Medicine and Sea Rescue, University Centre for Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Poland
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Vol 73, No 1 (2022)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Submitted: 2022-03-22
Accepted: 2022-03-24
Published online: 2022-03-31
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in necrotizing soft tissue infections caused by Vibrio species from the Baltic Sea — three clinical cases
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IMH 2022;73(1):52-55.
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Jacek Kot
Ewa Lenkiewicz
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