Improving outcome in elderly patients with pneumonia

A. Anzueto (San Antonio, United States of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Antibiotic therapy: short- and long-term outcomes in LRTI
Session: Antibiotic therapy: short- and long-term outcomes in LRTI
Session type: Evening Symposium
Number: 2987
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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