CMV pneumonia in HIV-infected ventilated infants: the value of open lung biopsy

P. Goussard, S. Kling, R. Gie, L. Heyns, E. Nel, G. Roussouw, J. T. Janson (Cape Town, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnostic tools in paediatric respiratory infection
Session: Diagnostic tools in paediatric respiratory infection
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3248
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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