927Rifampin for Surgically Treated Staphylococcal Infective Endocarditis
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Nabin Shrestha, MD, MPH, FIDSA; Shailee Shah, MD; Hannah Wang; Syed Hussain, MD; Gosta Pettersson, MD, PhD; Amy Nowacki, PhD; Steven Gordon, MD, FIDSA, FSHEA; Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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