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A 46 year old hunter presented with a multiple, painful lesions on his hands. He was on a recent deer hunting trip where he butchered several deer that his hunting party had shot.
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Eng, W., Diaz, L.M. (2015). 46 Year Old Male with Necrotic Blisters on Hands. In: Norman, R., Eng, W. (eds) Clinical Cases in Infections and Infestations of the Skin. Clinical Cases in Dermatology, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14295-1_12
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