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Respiratory Infections

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Common Bacterial Infections in Infancy and Childhood

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Respiratory infections are the most frequent clinical problems encountered in acute childhood medicine. In this chapter we will discuss the more common severe bacterial infections of the upper and lower respiratory tracts.

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