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. 2008 Jan;14(1):180-1.
doi: 10.3201/eid1401.070250.

Case cluster of necrotizing fasciitis and cellulitis associated with vein sclerotherapy

Hiu-Tat Chan, Jillian Low, Lorraine Wilson, Owen C Harris, Allen C Cheng, Eugene Athan

Case cluster of necrotizing fasciitis and cellulitis associated with vein sclerotherapy

Hiu-Tat Chan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jan.
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Days of procedures for infected and noninfected patients and their first manifestations of infection. □, uninfected; ■, infected; △, patients A and B seen with infection; Ο, patient C seen with infection; and ↑, patient D seen with infection.
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