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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

    Gerald L. Mandell MD, MACP (Professor of Medicine, Owen R. Cheatham Professor of the Sciences Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Owen R. Cheatham Professor of the Sciences Chief)

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Itzhak Brook MD (Professor, Senior Investigator) (Professor, Senior Investigator)

  3. Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Itzhak Brook MD (Professor, Senior Investigator) (Professor, Senior Investigator)

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Pichichero, M.E., Stutman, H.R. (2000). Pharyngotonsillitis. In: Mandell, G.L., Brook, I. (eds) Atlas of Upper Respiratory and Head and Neck Infections. Current Medicine Group, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1103-4_6

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