709Clinical Epidemiology of Obligate Anaerobic Infections in Military Trauma Patients from Iraq and Afghanistan
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Trauma Patients from Iraq and Afghanistan Brian White, DO; Amy Weintrob, MD; Katrin Mende, PhD; Miriam Beckius, MPH; Wendy Zera, BS; Dan Lu, MS; William P. Bradley, MS; David Tribble, MD, DrPH; Clinton K. Murray, MD; Elizabeth Rini, MD; Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA San Antonio, TX; Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Washington DC, DC; Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD; San Antonio Military Medical Center, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX; Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Fort Sam Houston, TX; Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX; Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, APO, AE
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