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Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care

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  1. Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency, Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown, PA, USA

    Tina H. Degnan

  2. Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik (Professor)

  3. Family and Community Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik (Professor)

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  1. Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik MD  & Ross H. Albert MD, PhD  & 

  2. Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Neil S. Skolnik MD

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Degnan, T.H., Skolnik, N.S. (2008). Infective Endocarditis. In: Skolnik, N.S., Albert, R.H. (eds) Essential Infectious Disease Topics for Primary Care. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-034-2_16

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