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Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in Hospital Personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anna Fang Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, and Employee Health Service, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Denese Wojcik
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, and Employee Health Service, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Sandra Crane Kupchik
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, and Employee Health Service, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Patricia Larsen
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, and Employee Health Service, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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