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Editorial
. 2014 Aug 1;59(3):366-8.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu307. Epub 2014 Apr 29.

Editorial commentary: step on the GAS: are we almost there for clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin?

Lionel K K Tan  1 , Shiranee Sriskandan  1
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Editorial

Editorial commentary: step on the GAS: are we almost there for clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin?

Lionel K K Tan et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: clindamycin; immunoglobulin; mortality; necrotizing fasciitis; streptococcal.

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