Colonisation in stable patients with COPD: results of an Italian epidemiological study (PRIME study)

B. Francesco, M. Annamaria, D. Claudio, C. Roberto, L. Allegra (Milan, Bari, Verona, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Acute and chronic infections in COPD
Session: Acute and chronic infections in COPD
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 231
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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