Management of skin abscesses in the era of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY (A.J.S.); the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Olive View– UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA (D.A.T.); and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles (D.A.T.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Singer at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Stony Brook University, HSC-L4-080, Stony Brook, NY 117948350, or at [email protected].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 370 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014