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Disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection invading the sternum and cervical vertebra

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Mizonokuchi Hospital, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 5-1-1 Futako, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 213-8507, Japan

    Moe Sakakibara, Asami Takehana, Chikako Nakashima, Harunari Shimoyama, Megumi Hirabayashi & Yoshihiro Kuwano

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Acknowledgments: We thank Ellen Knapp, PhD, from Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript. Financial support: none. Conflicts of interest: none.

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Sakakibara, M., Takehana, A., Nakashima, C. et al. Disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium avium complex infection invading the sternum and cervical vertebra. Eur J Dermatol 30, 55–57 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2019.3686

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