Antibiotic management of suspected nosocomial ICU-acquired infection: Does prolonged empiric therapy improve outcome?

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  2007

• Venue

  Intensive Care Medicine

• Publication date

  2007-06-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s00134-007-0723-yPMID 17558493
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