Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Adults: Solid Tumors Might Not Be Regarded as Independent Risk Factors for Opportunistic Pathogens

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¹ Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: martin.kolditz@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
² Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, EVK Herne and Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

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Martin Kolditz et al. Chest. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;158(6):2702-2703.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.083.

¹ Division of Pulmonology, Medical Department I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: martin.kolditz@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
² Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases, EVK Herne and Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum, Bochum, Germany.

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Ramirez JA, Musher DM, Evans SE. Ramirez JA, et al. Chest. 2020 Dec;158(6):2703-2704. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.07.034. Chest. 2020. PMID: 33280758 No abstract available.

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