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Acute bilateral parotitis caused by Mycobacterium scrofulaceum: immune reconstitution disease in a patient with AIDS
  1. S D Lawn1,2,
  2. A Checkley1,
  3. M H Wansbrough-Jones1
  1. 1Department of Infectious Diseases, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
  2. 2Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Stephen D Lawn
 Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory 7925, Cape Town. South Africa; stevelawn{at}yahoo.co.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2005.014993

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    • Conflicts of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest.