Ventilator-associated pneumonia—Understanding epidemiology and pathogenesis to guide prevention and empiric therapy
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- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Clinical Microbiology & Infection
- Vol. 3, S61-S76
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00647.x
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