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Community-acquired pneumonia

S.P. Stone
- 19 Dec 1998 - 
- Vol. 352, Iss: 9145, pp 2019-2019
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-12-19. It has received 1403 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community-acquired pneumonia.

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Activities of vancomycin and teicoplanin against penicillin-resistant pneumococci in vitro and in vivo and correlation to pharmacokinetic parameters in the mouse peritonitis model.

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Viral etiology of community-acquired pneumonia among adolescents and adults with mild or moderate severity and its relation to age and severity

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