Can procalcitonin help identify associated bacterial infection in patients with severe influenza pneumonia? A multicentre study
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- 3 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 37 (5), 796-800
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-011-2189-1
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