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Could Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Methods Differentiate Pneumonitis From Bacterial Aspiration Pneumonia?
Romain Tortuyaux1, Benoit Voisin, Charlotte Cordonnier
1CHU Lille, Critical Care Center, Lille, France; Department of Neurology, CHU Lille, Lille, France and School of Medicine, Lille University, Lille, France; CHU Lille, Critical Care Center, Lille, France and School of Medicine, Lille University, Lille, France.
Critical Care Medicine
|December 19, 2017
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