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Identifying patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection who need blood cultures

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  1. Internal Medicine Specialist, Rome, Italy

    Giusy Tiseo

  2. Internal Medicine Ward, Ospedale Civile, Legnano, Italy

    Antonino Mazzone

  3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Marco Falcone

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Tiseo, G., Mazzone, A. & Falcone, M. Identifying patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection who need blood cultures. Intern Emerg Med 14, 203–206 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-02017-9

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