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. 1995 Nov;50(11):1128–1130. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.11.1128

Nosocomial pneumonia during mechanical ventilation: problems with diagnostic criteria.

C Brun-Buisson
PMCID: PMC475081  PMID: 8553265

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