Prevalence and characteristics of pharyngeal group A beta-hemolytic streptococci in US Navy recruits receiving benzathine penicillin prophylaxis.

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Published in J Infect Dis on November 01, 1992

Authors

A D Heggie1, M R Jacobs, P E Linz, D P Han, E L Kaplan, B Boxerbaum

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

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