Prophylactic use of macrolide antibiotics for the prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation: a meta-analysis.

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Published in PLoS One on March 26, 2015

Authors

Wentao Ni1, Xiaodi Shao1, Xuejiu Cai1, Chuanqi Wei1, Junchang Cui1, Rui Wang2, Youning Liu1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Respiratory Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.
2: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.

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