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Description of an effective treatment regimen for ventilator-associated pneumonia due to pandrug-resistant Providencia: a case report Cover

Description of an effective treatment regimen for ventilator-associated pneumonia due to pandrug-resistant Providencia: a case report

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|Jul 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2020-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
Language: English
Page range: 53 - 56
Published on: Jul 27, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2020 Elham Pourheidar, Rezvan Hassanpour, Mehrdad Haghighi, Seyedpouzhia Shojaei, Mehran Kouchak, MirMohammad Miri, Sara Salarian, Mohammad Sistanizad, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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