697Treatment and Outcome of Culture-negative Osteomyelitis in Children
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Children Felice C. Adler-Shohet, MD; Antonio Arrieta, MD; Kevin S. Kleis, DO; Elizabeth A. Trent, MD; Andrew Powers Davis; Jasjit Singh, MD; John A. Schlecter, DO; Nathan M. Moroski; Jennifer Le, PharmD, BCPS-ID, FCCP; Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA; Orthopedics, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA; University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA; Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA; Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla, CA
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