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Editorial
. 2018 Jun 26;4(2):00058-2018.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00058-2018. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Treating nosocomial pneumonia: what's new

Frantzeska Frantzeskaki  1 , Stylianos E Orfanos  1
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Editorial

Treating nosocomial pneumonia: what's new

Frantzeska Frantzeskaki et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

A detailed and comprehensive summary of the ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia, published in ERJ Open Research, will assist clinicians in their tasks http://ow.ly/XC7N30k8Jhu.

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