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Clinician’s Corner

Streptococcal pyomyositis in asplenia and underlying connective tissue disease

John NguyenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medicine Center – Round Rock, Round Rock, TexasCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Pardeep SinghDepartment of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medicine Center – Round Rock, Round Rock, Texas
, DO &
Tapas GajjarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medicine Center – Round Rock, Round Rock, Texas
, MD
Pages 518-520 | Received 10 May 2022, Accepted 02 May 2023, Published online: 11 May 2023

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