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Jung and Lee: Appropriate oral Antibiotics for the Treatment of Culture Negative Orthopedic Infections
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Infection & Chemotherapy

Infection & Chemotherapy 2011; 43(5): 432-433.

Published online: 31 October 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2011.43.5.432

Appropriate oral Antibiotics for the Treatment of Culture Negative Orthopedic Infections

Lae-Young Jung1, Chang-Seop Lee1, 2

1Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.

2Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Jeonju, Korea.

Correspondence to Chang-Seop Lee, MD, PhD. Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, 634-18, Geumam-dong, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju 561-180, Korea. Tel: +82-63-250-2391, Fax: +82-63-254-1609, lcsmd@jbnu.ac.kr

Received 15 September 2011       Accepted 21 September 2011

Copyright © 2011 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy

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