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Enf Infec Microbiol 1999; 19 (2)

Fever associated with chemotherapyinduced neutropenia: a review of current therapeutic approaches
Roxithromycin reduced 1 of 10 end points of ischemic cardiac disease
Clinical assessment is inaccurate for diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia
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Young SD, Feld R,Gurfinkel E, Bozovich G, Daroca A, Beck E, Mautner B, Metlay JP, Kapoor WN, Fine MJ, Chan FK, Sung JJ, Chung SC, Gough A, Clapperton M, Rolando N, Guerrero ML, Noel JS, Mitchell DK, Calva JJ, McHutchison JG, Davis GL, Behr MA, Warren SA, Salamon H, Hopewell PC, Ponce de León A, Daley CL, Small PM

Language: Spanish
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