Debone the fish carefully: A case of vibrio vulnificus septicemia

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Simranpreet Singh, Tower HealthFollow
Devi Parvathy Jyothi Ramachandran Nair, Tower HealthFollow
Zohaib Yousaf, Tower HealthFollow
Tahminah Kausar, Tower HealthFollow
Hamzah Moh'd, Tower HealthFollow

Keywords:

Vibrio vulnificus septicemia, vibrio vulfinicus, sepsis, catfish.

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