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R. J. Rudy, D. K. Lynch, R. W. Russell, The Aerospace Corporation; and C. E. Woodward, University of Minnesota, report 0.8- to 5.5-micron spectroscopy of V5558 Sgr on Oct. 10 and 11 UT using the Infrared Telescope Facility (+ SpeX). The bright, narrow-lined, slowly evolving nova V5558 Sgr (cf. IAUC 8874) showed a spectrum dominated by low-excitation emission lines. The P-Cyg profiles have disappeared from the hydrogen lines but were present on the He I triplet at 1.0830 microns and the singlet at 2.0581 microns, which were both weak. N I lines were strong, but C I features are weak or absent entirely. Fe II features were strong, and the infrared complexes at 1, 1.6, and 2 microns were present. Line widths (FWHM) were about 1600 km/s. The O I lines, which included a large contribution from continuum fluorescence, indicate a reddening of E(B-V) about 0.8. No dust formation was detected.