The Standardization of Criteria for Processing and Interpreting Laboratory Specimens in Patients With Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
- 1 November 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Chest
- Vol. 102 (5), 571S-579S
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.102.5_supplement_1.571s
Abstract
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