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Research Article

Non-tropical Thoraco-abdominal Pyomyositis Caused by Group A Streptococcus in an Immunocompetent Adult

Catherine Cherry, Kathryn Wiggins, Anne Mijch, Lars Ostergaard
Pages 854-856 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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