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Articles

A Pharmacodynamic Model to Support a 12-Hour Dosing Interval for Amoxicillin/Sulbactam, a Novel Oral Combination, in the Treatment of Community-Acquired Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Pages 223-227 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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