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Letter to the editor| Volume 18, ISSUE 2, P195-196, March 1989

Non-menstrual toxic shock syndrome complicating orthopaedic surgery

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    † Present address and address for correspondence: Public Health Laboratory, The William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 oLZ, U.K.
    J. Croall
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    † Present address and address for correspondence: Public Health Laboratory, The William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 oLZ, U.K.
    Affiliations
    Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Western Infirmary Glasgow G11 6NT, U.K.
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  • S. Chaudhri
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    Division of Anaesthesia Western Infirmary Glasgow G11 6NT, U.K.
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  • Author Footnotes
    † Present address and address for correspondence: Public Health Laboratory, The William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent TN24 oLZ, U.K.
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