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Empirical antibiotic treatment of sepsis in non-neutropenic patients: Single agent or combination therapy?

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Extermann, M., Regamey, C. Empirical antibiotic treatment of sepsis in non-neutropenic patients: Single agent or combination therapy?. Infection 22, 1–3 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01780755

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