Ventilator-associated pneumonia after pediatric cardiac surgery in southern Taiwan.

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Published in J Microbiol Immunol Infect on October 01, 2009

Authors

Chia-Wan Tang1, Po-Yen Liu, Yung-Feng Huang, Jun-Yen Pan, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Yung-Ching Liu, Luo-Ping Ger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan.

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