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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

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  1. Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Bachstrasse 18, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Wolfram Schummer & Claudia Schummer

  2. Clinic for Neurology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany

    Wolfram Schummer

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Schummer, W., Schummer, C. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Intensive Care Med 28, 1194 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-002-1376-5

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