Exserohilum infections associated with contaminated steroid injections: a clinicopathologic review of 40 cases.

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Published in Am J Pathol on June 26, 2013

Authors

Jana M Ritter1, Atis Muehlenbachs, Dianna M Blau, Christopher D Paddock, Wun-Ju Shieh, Clifton P Drew, Brigid C Batten, Jeanine H Bartlett, Maureen G Metcalfe, Cau D Pham, Shawn R Lockhart, Mitesh Patel, Lindy Liu, Tara L Jones, Patricia W Greer, Jeltley L Montague, Elizabeth White, Dominique C Rollin, Cynthia Seales, Donna Stewart, Mark V Deming, Mary E Brandt, Sherif R Zaki, Exserohilum Infections Working Group

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Division of High Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. jritter@cdc.gov

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