Usefulness of aetiological tests for guiding antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia.

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  2008

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  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/J.IJANTIMICAG.2007.06.037PMID 17920819
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