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Correspondence on the paper by Bridevaux et al
  1. Carl M Preiksaitis,
  2. Ajit P Limaye
  1. Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
  1. Correspondence to Ajit P Limaye, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; limaye{at}uw.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204610

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    • Correction notice This article has been corrected since it was published Online First. The correspondence details have been amended.

    • Contributors The article was equally written and researched by APL and CMP.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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