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Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: Value of culture of nasopharyngeal specimens and examination of washed sputum specimens

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Kalin, M. Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia: Value of culture of nasopharyngeal specimens and examination of washed sputum specimens. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 1, 394–396 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02019941

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