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Cotton Fever: A Condition Self-Diagnosed by IV Drug Users

Ashley Michelle Zerr, Kimberly Ku and Areeba Kara
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2016, 29 (2) 276-279; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150267
Ashley Michelle Zerr
From the Internal Medicine Residency (KK) and the Department of Medicine (AK), Indiana University School of Medicine (AMZ), Indianapolis; and Inpatient Medicine, IU Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (AK).
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Kimberly Ku
From the Internal Medicine Residency (KK) and the Department of Medicine (AK), Indiana University School of Medicine (AMZ), Indianapolis; and Inpatient Medicine, IU Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (AK).
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Areeba Kara
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vol. 29 no. 2 276-279
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150267
PubMed 
26957385

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication August 24, 2015
  • Revision received December 1, 2015
  • Accepted for publication December 7, 2015
  • Published online March 8, 2016.

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  1. Ashley Michelle Zerr, MS IV,
  2. Kimberly Ku, MD and
  3. Areeba Kara, MD
  1. From the Internal Medicine Residency (KK) and the Department of Medicine (AK), Indiana University School of Medicine (AMZ), Indianapolis; and Inpatient Medicine, IU Health Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, IN (AK).
  1. Corresponding author: Areeba Kara, MD, Inpatient Medicine, Noyes Pavilion Suite E120, Indianapolis, IN 46202 (E-mail: akara{at}iuhealth.org).
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Ashley Michelle Zerr, Kimberly Ku, Areeba Kara
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2016, 29 (2) 276-279; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150267

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Ashley Michelle Zerr, Kimberly Ku, Areeba Kara
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2016, 29 (2) 276-279; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150267
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