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Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome: still a problem

Christopher M MacIsaac, Mark A Page, Beverley-Ann Biggs and Kumar Visvanathan
Med J Aust 2005; 182 (12): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06858.x
Published online: 20 June 2005

Christopher M MacIsaac,* Mark A Page, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Kumar Visvanathan§


  • 2 The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Melbourne, VIC 3050
  • 3 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC.



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  • 4. MacIsaac C, Curtis N, Cade J, et al. Rapid analysis of the Vbeta repertoire of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes in whole blood. J Immunol Methods 2003; 283: 9-15.
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