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. 1995 Oct-Dec;1(4):138–140. doi: 10.3201/eid0104.950407

An outbreak of hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with antibiotic treatment of hospital inpatients for dysentery.

S Al-Qarawi 1, R E Fontaine 1, M S Al-Qahtani 1
PMCID: PMC2626896  PMID: 8903185

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