1708Clinical Outcomes of Mycobacterium abscessus Infections in Miami, Florida
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Florida Maroun Sfeir, MD; Marissa Tysiak, PharmD; Rossana Rosa, MD; Lo Kaming, MPH; Lilian Abbo, MD; Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL; Internal Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL; Divison of Biostatistics, Miami, FL; Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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