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Karin Hansen1,2, Lisa Wasserstrom1,3, Jonas Ahl1,2

  • 1Clinical Microbiology, Department of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.

Frontiers in Microbiology
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PubMed
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Keywords:
Haemophilus influenzaeMycoplasma pneumoniaePCRStreptococcus pneumoniaecommunity-acquired pneumoniainfluenza virus

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