Comparison of cefoperazone and mezlocillin with imipenem as empiric therapy in febrile neutropenic cancer patients
β Scribed by Joanne Mortimer; Sheree Miller; Douglas Black; Karl Kwok; William M. Kirby
- Book ID
- 115682176
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 467 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1555-7162
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