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Immediate Adequate Antibiotics Control Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Pancreatitis, Extensive Burns, Trauma, Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or Liver Transplantation

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Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit

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    I. Alía, M.A. de la Cal & E. Cerdá

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Alía, I., de la Cal, M., Cerdá, E., van Saene, H.K. (2005). Immediate Adequate Antibiotics Control Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Pancreatitis, Extensive Burns, Trauma, Exacerbated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or Liver Transplantation. In: van Saene, H.K.F., De La Cal, M.A., Silvestri, L. (eds) Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit. Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Springer, Milano . https://doi.org/10.1007/88-470-0361-X_19

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