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Original Article

Non-tuberculous mycobacterial bloodstream infections in patients with indwelling vascular catheters – the role of sickle cell anaemia

Babatunde EdunDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ansal ShahDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;
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Martin DurkinDepartment of Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia, SC, USA;
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Melanie WhitmireDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
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Shanetta Patterson WilliamsDepartment of Medicine, Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia, SC, USA;
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Helmut AlbrechtDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;
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Majdi Al-HasanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;
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Sharon WeissmanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA;
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Pages 341-346 | Received 29 May 2016, Accepted 14 Nov 2016, Published online: 02 Dec 2016

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