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. 1996 Aug 3;313(7052):283–285. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7052.283

Potentially lethal bacterial infection associated with varicella zoster virus.

A J Pollard 1, A Isaacs 1, E G Hermione Lyall 1, N Curtis 1, K Lee 1, S Walters 1, M Levin 1
PMCID: PMC2351699  PMID: 8704543

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