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Common Bacterial Infections in Infancy and Childhood

4. Skin and Wound Infections

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  1. Research Institute and Departments of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease) and Microbiology, McGill Unversity and Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, Canada

    Melvin I. Marks

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Fourth of 7 parts. Parts 1, 2 and 3 appeared in the last issue. Parts 5, 6 and 7 appear in this issue.

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Marks, M.I. Common Bacterial Infections in Infancy and Childhood. Drugs 16, 202–209 (1978). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-197816030-00002

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