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  1. Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Department of Dermatology, Karolinska Universitary Hospital, Huddinge SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden

    Cristina Oprica

  2. Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Karolinska Universitary Hospital Huddinge, SE-141 86, Stockholm, Sweden

    Carl Erik Nord

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  1. Roskilde Hospital, Department of Dermatology, University of Copenhagen, Køgevej 7-13, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark

    Gregor B. E. Jemec MD, DMedSc

  2. Service Dermatologie, CHU Henri Mondor, Avenue Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny 51, 94010, Créteil, CX, France

    Jean Revuz MD, DMedSc

  3. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Pennsylvania, Spruce Street 3400, 19104, Philadelphia, USA

    James J. Leyden MD

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Oprica, C., Nord, C.E. (2006). Bacteriology of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. In: Jemec, G.B.E., Revuz, J., Leyden, J.J. (eds) Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33101-8_11

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