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Biomarkers in the diagnosis of pneumonia in the critically ill: don't shoot the piano player

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  1. Thoraxzentrum Ruhrgebiet, Kliniken für Pneumologie und Infektiologie, EVK Herne und Augusta-Kranken-Anstalt Bochum, Bergstrasse 26, 44791, Bochum, Germany

    Santiago Ewig

  2. Klinik für Pneumologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

    Tobias Welte

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Ewig, S., Welte, T. Biomarkers in the diagnosis of pneumonia in the critically ill: don't shoot the piano player. Intensive Care Med 34, 981–984 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-008-1088-6

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