Are prophylactic antibiotics useful in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Alex Arenas1, Gabriel Rada2

  • 1Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Proyecto Epistemonikos, Santiago, Chile. Address: Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lira 63, Santiago Centro, Chile.

Medwave
|November 17, 2015
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