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Doxycycline for nursing home acquired pneumonia (NHAP)

Burke A. Cunha From the Infectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola; New York and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Pages 77-78 | Received 01 Jul 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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