International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages e97-e99 , May 2009

Are patients with POEMS syndrome at increased risk of Salmonella aortitis?

  • Jooyun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. Tel.: +1 212 241 6741; fax: +1 212 534 3240.
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  • Shirish Huprikar

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen G. Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA

Received 11 February 2008 ,Revised 27 May 2008 ,Accepted 13 July 2008.

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PII: S1201-9712(08)01454-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.07.011

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages e97-e99 , May 2009

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