Guidelines for diagnosis and management of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults: Joint ICS/NCCP(I) recommendations
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10.4103/0970-2113.99248 A. K. Janmeja, Chandigarh; Abhishek Goyal, Chandigarh; Aditya Jindal, Chandigarh; Ajay Handa, Bangalore; Aloke G. Ghoshal, Kolkata; Ashish Bhalla, Chandigarh; Bharat Gopal, Delhi; D. Behera, Delhi; D. Dadhwal, Chandigarh; D. J. Christopher, Vellore; Deepak Talwar, Noida; Dhruva Chaudhry, Rohtak; Dipesh Maskey, Chandigarh; George D’Souza, Bangalore; Honey Sawhney, Chandigarh; Inderpal Singh, Chandigarh; Jai Kishan, Chandigarh; K. B. Gupta, Rohtak; Mandeep Garg, Chandigarh; Navneet Sharma, Chandigarh; Nirmal K. Jain, Jaipur; Nusrat Shafiq, Chandigarh; P. Sarat, Chandigarh; Pranab Baruwa, Guwahati; R. S. Bedi, Patiala; Rajendra Prasad, Etawa; Randeep Guleria, Delhi; S. K. Chhabra, Delhi; S. K. Sharma, Delhi; Sabir Mohammed, Bikaner; Sahajal Dhooria, Chandigarh; Samir Malhotra, Chandigarh; Sanjay Jain, Chandigarh; Subhash Varma, Chandigarh; Sunil Sharma, Shimla; Surender Kashyap, Karnal; Surya Kant, Lucknow; U. P. S. Sidhu, Ludhiana; V. Nagarjun Mataru, Chandigarh; Vikas Gautam, Chandigarh; Vikram K. Jain, Jaipur; Vishal Chopra, Patiala; Vishwanath Gella, Chandigarh
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Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: 2009 update. Endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Primary Care Respiratory Society UK.
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