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CASE REPORT

Primary sternal osteomyelitis in a healthy child due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and literature review

Ates Kara From the Department of Paediatrics, Infectious Disease Unit, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hasan Tezer From the Department of Paediatrics, Infectious Disease Unit, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Ilker Devrim From the Department of Paediatrics, Infectious Disease Unit, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Meltem Caglar From the Department of Paediatrics, Infectious Disease Unit, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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A. Bulent Cengiz From the Department of Paediatrics, Infectious Disease Unit, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Deniz Gür Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Gulten Secmeer Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital Microbiology Laboratory, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey
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Pages 469-472 | Received 19 Sep 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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