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Editorial
. 2019 Oct;11(10):E182-E191.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.09.37.

Bugs at the operating theatre in infective endocarditis: one step forward, still a long way to go

Juan M Pericàs  1   2 , Eduard Quintana  1   3 , José M Miró  1
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Editorial

Bugs at the operating theatre in infective endocarditis: one step forward, still a long way to go

Juan M Pericàs et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Oct.
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Conflicts of Interest: JM Miró has received consulting honoraria and/or research grants from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Contrafect, Cubist, Genentech, Jansen, Medtronic, Novartis, Gilead Sciences, and ViiV, outside the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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