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Overuse of antimicrobials and over-hospitalization in an adult measles cluster in the Florence area during the ongoing Italian outbreak

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  1. Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy

    Lorenzo Roberto Suardi & Alessandro Bartoloni

  2. SOD Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy

    Filippo Bartalesi & Alessandro Bartoloni

  3. SOC Malattie Infettive, Ospedale Santa Maria Annunziata-USL Toscana Centro, Florence, Italy

    Francesco Maria Fusco, Filippo Baragli & Pierluigi Blanc

  4. SOS Malattie Infettive, Nuovo Ospedale di Prato-S.Stefano, Prato, Italy

    Donata Magnelli & Donatella Aquilini

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Suardi, L.R., Bartalesi, F., Fusco, F.M. et al. Overuse of antimicrobials and over-hospitalization in an adult measles cluster in the Florence area during the ongoing Italian outbreak. Infection 46, 891–892 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-018-1223-4

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