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Cellulitis and Skin Infections Associated with Bites

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Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care

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  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Steven Zinn

  2. Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Drexel University College of Medicine and Hospital Epidemiologist, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Judith A. O'Donnell

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  1. Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik MD  & Ross H. Albert MD, PhD  & 

  2. Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik MD

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Zinn, S., O'Donnell, J.A. (2008). Cellulitis and Skin Infections Associated with Bites. In: Skolnik, N.S., Albert, R.H. (eds) Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-034-2_11

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