Medical Section pf the American Lung Association: Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy
American Review of Respiratory DiseasePublished 1 November 1993
Michael S. Niederman, John B. Bass, G. Douglas Campbell, Alan M. Fein, Ronald F. Grossman, Lionel A. Mandell
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"Medical Section pf the American Lung Association: Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy." American Review of Respiratory Disease, 148(5), pp. 1418–1426
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