Implications of antimicrobial resistance in the empirical treatment of community-acquired respiratory tract infections: the case of macrolides.

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Published in J Antimicrob Chemother on December 01, 2002

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J R Lonks1, J Garau, A A Medeiros

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1: Brown Medical School and the Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. John_Lonks@brown.edu

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