Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 412-414 , May 2010

Lack of Antibiotic Efficacy for Simple Abscesses: Have Matters Come to a Head?

  • David A. Talan, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David A. Talan, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center, 14445 Olive View Drive, North Annex, Sylmar, CA 91342; 818-364-3107, fax 818-364-3268

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 Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.02.024

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 5 , Pages 412-414 , May 2010

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