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. 2013 Mar;56(6):907-8.
doi: 10.1093/cid/cis1003. Epub 2012 Nov 29.

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Seth T Walk, Dejan Micic, Andrzej T Galecki, Mary A M Rogers, Laraine Washer, Duane W Newton, Preeti N Malani, Vincent B Young, David M Aronoff
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Seth T Walk et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Mar.
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