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Community-acquired MRSA epiduritis in an Australian prison inmate

Sebastiaan J M van Hal and Jeffrey J Post
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (12): .
Published online: 21 June 2004

Sebastiaan J M van Hal,* Jeffrey J Post


  • Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, NSW 2031.


Correspondence: j.post@unsw.edu.au

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