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Review Article

A review of eleven cases of tuberculosis presenting as sternal wound abscess after open heart surgery

Hussam TabajaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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Zeina HajarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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Souha S. KanjDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, LebanonCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 721-727 | Received 16 May 2017, Accepted 18 Jun 2017, Published online: 07 Jul 2017

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