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Upper RTIs: common childhood bacterial infections with major cost implications

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Upper RTIs: common childhood bacterial infections with major cost implications. Drugs Ther. Perspect 10, 13–16 (1997). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199710080-00005

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