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Pulmonary bacterial co-infection in children ventilated for severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis is common

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  1. Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital – Alder Hey, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Eaton Road, L12 2AP, Liverpool, UK

    Kentigern Thorburn

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, The University of Liverpool, Daulby Street, L69 3GA, Liverpool, UK

    Hendrik Van Saene

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Thorburn, K., Van Saene, H. Pulmonary bacterial co-infection in children ventilated for severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis is common. Intensive Care Med 33, 565 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0486-x

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