The changing epidemiology of empyema in children

D. Spencer (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Why is complicated pneumonia and empyema increasing so rapidly in children?
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory infections

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