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The many faces of Staphylococcus aureus infection

Recognizing and managing its life-threatening manifestations

J. John Weems Jr Dr Weems is associate director, division of infectious diseases, Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina, and is professor of medicine (Greenville), department of medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 24-36 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015

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