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. 2015 Nov;41(11):2022-3.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4016-6. Epub 2015 Aug 22.

Antimicrobial de-escalation in septic cancer patients: is it safe to back down?

Alla Paskovaty  1 , Stephen M Pastores  2 , Zivile Gedrimaite  3 , Natalie Kostelecky  2 , Elyn R Riedel  4 , Susan K Seo  3
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Antimicrobial de-escalation in septic cancer patients: is it safe to back down?

Alla Paskovaty et al. Intensive Care Med. 2015 Nov.
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