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Editorial
. 2022 Jan;17(1):73-74.
doi: 10.1002/jhm.2738. Epub 2022 Jan 10.

A complicated decision: Empiric antibiotics in children with complicated pneumonia

Matthew J Molloy  1 , Joanna E Thomson  1   2
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Editorial

A complicated decision: Empiric antibiotics in children with complicated pneumonia

Matthew J Molloy et al. J Hosp Med. 2022 Jan.
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