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. 2013 Summer;24(2):65-6.
doi: 10.1155/2013/698092.

Letter to the editor

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Letter to the editor

Isaac I Bogoch et al. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2013 Summer.

Erratum in

  • Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2013 Winter;24(4):121. Bogosh, Isaac I [corrected to Bogoch, Isaac I]
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Figure 1)
An eschar or ‘tache noire’, visualized on right inner thigh

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