Microbiology of pleural infection according to setting

M. Hassan (Oxford, United Kingdom), T. Cargill (Oxford, United Kingdom), E. Bedawi (Oxford, United Kingdom), J. Corcoran (Oxford, United Kingdom), E. Harriss (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Asciak (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Mercer (Oxford, United Kingdom), R. Hallifax (Oxford, United Kingdom), N. Rahman (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Difficult-to-treat respiratory infections
Session: Difficult-to-treat respiratory infections
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 4713
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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