Brazilian guidelines for the treatment of hospital-acquired and mechanical ventilation-related pneumonias - 2007;Diretrizes brasileiras para tratamento das pneumonias adquiridas no hospital e das associadas à ventilação mecânica - 2007

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RISK FACTORS;

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