Nosocomial pneumonia: comparative multicentre trial between monotherapy with cefotaxime and treatment with antibiotic combinations.

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Published in Infection on January 01, 1991

Authors

M Fernández-Guerrero1, F Gudiol, A Rodriguez-Torres, C Arnau, L Valdés, C Vallvé

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Disease, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.

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