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Assessment of the feasibility of a partial oral regimen for antibiotic therapy of endocarditis

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    Pietro Bellone, Serena Serafino, Marco Fontana & Elisa Gesu

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Bellone, P., Serafino, S., Fontana, M. et al. Assessment of the feasibility of a partial oral regimen for antibiotic therapy of endocarditis. Intern Emerg Med 14, 475–477 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-019-02067-7

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