Antibiotic Administration in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
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Antibiotic administration in community-acquired pneumonia.
2004;126;320-321 Chest Bartlett Peter M. Houck, Dale W. Bratzler, Wato Nsa, Allen Ma and John G. Community-Acquired Pneumonia Antibiotic Administration in http://chestjournal.org and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ). ISSN: 0012-3692. http://www.chestjournal.org/misc/reprints.shtml ( of the copyright holde...
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