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Infection management in patients with sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings

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  1. Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    C. Louise Thwaites

  2. Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford, UK

    C. Louise Thwaites

  3. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

    Ganbold Lundeg

  4. Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Arjen M. Dondorp

  5. Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Arjen M. Dondorp

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Thwaites, C.L., Lundeg, G., Dondorp, A.M. et al. Infection management in patients with sepsis and septic shock in resource-limited settings. Intensive Care Med 42, 2117–2118 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4547-5

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