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Shorter might not always be better: the case for longer antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia

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    Emily A. Siegrist

  2. Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Joseph Sassine

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Siegrist, E.A., Sassine, J. Shorter might not always be better: the case for longer antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 48, 963–964 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06754-6

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