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Clinical significance of follow-up blood culture in patients with a single Staphylococcus aureus-positive blood culture

Taeeun KimDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2075-4497View further author information
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Seung Cheol LeeDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Min Jae KimDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Jiwon JungDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Heungsup SungDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Mi-Na KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Sung-Han KimDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Sang-Oh LeeDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1381-8787View further author information
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Sang-Ho ChoiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Jun Hee WooDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4512-5352View further author information
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Yang Soo KimDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; View further author information
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Yong Pil ChongDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 207-212 | Received 03 Sep 2019, Accepted 26 Nov 2019, Published online: 13 Dec 2019

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