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01-09-2020 | Antibiotic | Correspondence

Antibiotics in the ICU; benefit or harm?

Author: James C. Hurley

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2020

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Title: Antibiotics in the ICU; benefit or harm?
Author: James C. Hurley
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Antibiotic
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06060-z

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