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The changing pathogens of complicated parapneumonic effusions or empyemas in a

✍ Scribed by Chih-Yen Tu; Wu-Huei Hsu; Te-Chun Hsia; Hung-Jen Chen; Kuo-Liang Chiu; Liang-Wen Hang; Chuen-Ming Shih

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 201 KB
Volume: 32
Category: Article
ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-0064-7

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