Destructive pulmonary disease due to mixed anaerobic infection
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Destructive pulmonary disease due to mixed anaerobic infection.
Pulmonary infection is one of the commonest infections in childhood and is responsible for considerable mortality and morbidity, especially in Nigeria. Most infections are caused by Staphylococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae, though occasionally other organisms such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, coliform, and salmonella are responsible. Rarely does one encounter m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.25.1.41