Antibiotic switch therapy in lower respiratory tract infections

J. Ramirez (Louisville, Ky, United States of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Antibiotics and the lung
Session: Antibiotics and the lung
Session type: Symposium
Number: 2768
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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