Differing chest imaging patterns in three patients are caused by one microbe.
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*From the ACCP-SEEK program, reprinted with permission. Items are selected by Department Editors Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, and John G. Weg, MD, FCCP. For additional information about the ACCP-SEEK program, phone 1-847-498-1400. Correspondence to: Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655-0330; e-mail: [email protected] Figure 1. Figure 2.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chest
دوره 119 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001