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Published in: Infection 6/2018

01-12-2018 | Correspondence

Overuse of antimicrobials and over-hospitalization in an adult measles cluster in the Florence area during the ongoing Italian outbreak

Authors: Lorenzo Roberto Suardi, Filippo Bartalesi, Francesco Maria Fusco, Filippo Baragli, Pierluigi Blanc, Donata Magnelli, Donatella Aquilini, Alessandro Bartoloni

Published in: Infection | Issue 6/2018

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Title
Overuse of antimicrobials and over-hospitalization in an adult measles cluster in the Florence area during the ongoing Italian outbreak
Authors
Lorenzo Roberto Suardi
Filippo Bartalesi
Francesco Maria Fusco
Filippo Baragli
Pierluigi Blanc
Donata Magnelli
Donatella Aquilini
Alessandro Bartoloni
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Infection / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1223-4

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