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‘Hot tub folliculitis’

Test the waters—and the patient—for Pseudomonas

Ashish Bhatia Dr Bhatia is transitional resident, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown.
, MD &
Robert T. Brodell Dr Brodell, coordinator of this series, is professor of internal medicine and clinical professor of dermatopathology in pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, and associate clinical professor of dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland.Correspondence[email protected]
, MD
Pages 43-46 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015

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