Invasive group A streptococcal disease: should close contacts routinely receive antibiotic prophylaxis?
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 5 (8) , 494-500
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(05)70190-0
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