Effectiveness of combination therapy versus monotherapy with a third-generation cephalosporin in bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia: A propensity score analysis
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Prognostic score systems and community-acquired bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infection
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0163-4453
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2018.01.003