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Oral and i.v.-to-p.o. switch antibiotic therapy of hospitalized patients with serious infections

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 1004-1006 | Received 05 Aug 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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