Treatment of COPD exacerbations: antibiotics
The debate about the importance of bacterial infection in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will continue. About half of exacerbations yield positive sputum bacteriology, and the isolation rate can be increased by selection of purulent samples. However, bacteria are also isolated in the stable s...
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| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2005-09-01
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| Series: | European Respiratory Review |
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| Online Access: | http://err.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/14/94/32 |