During the “Herald Wave” of the Pandemic Bacterial Pneumonia Relatively Rare with Fatal Swine Influenza(H1N1) Pneumonia: If Chest films Have No Focal Segmental/Lobar Infiltrates, Antibiotic Therapy Is unnecessary

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