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Paraffin ingestion in children: Rationalising antibiotic treatment

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Kate Balme, Cindy Stephen

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Kate Balme, Poisons Information Centre, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Cindy Stephen, Poisons Information Centre, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Heath Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Paraffin; Kerosene; Ingestion; Children; Antibiotic treatment

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South African Medical Journal 2017;107(8):646. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i8.12598

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Date submitted: 2017-07-28
Date published: 2017-07-28

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