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Musculoskeletal Infections

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Acute infection of the bone and the bone marrow.

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  1. Orthopedic Department, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4801 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, Texas, 79905, USA

    Amr Abdelgawad

  2. Children’s Pediatric Practice, 6901 Helen of Troy Drive, El Paso, TX, 79911, USA

    Osama Naga

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  1. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Amr Abdelgawad

  2. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Osama Naga

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Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O. (2014). Musculoskeletal Infections. In: Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7126-4_21

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