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Brief Report

Clinical features of anaerobic orthopaedic infections

Dan LebowitzDivision of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Benjamin KressmannService of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; ;Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland;
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Shpresa GjoniDivision of General Medical Rehabilitation, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Besa ZenelajOrthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland;
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Olivier GrosgurinDivision of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland;
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Christophe MartiDivision of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland;
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Matthieu ZinggOrthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland;
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Ilker UçkayService of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland; ;Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland;
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Pages 137-140 | Received 21 Mar 2016, Accepted 15 Aug 2016, Published online: 31 Aug 2016

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