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Original Research

Cefuroxime compared to piperacillin/tazobactam as empirical treatment of Escherichia coli bacteremia in a low Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) prevalence cohort

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Pages 1257-1264 | Published online: 13 May 2019

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