Providing appropriate antimicrobial therapy in the intensive care unit: Surveillance vs. de-escalation*
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 34 (3), 903-905
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000202128.30405.60
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