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Microbiological findings and adequacy of antibiotic treatment in the critically ill patient with drowning-associated pneumonia

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Evelien Assink-de Jong, Matthijs Douma, Albertus Beishuizen, Monique C. de Waard & Armand R. J. Girbes

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Martine Hoogewerf & Yvette J. Debets-Ossenkopp

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Evelien Assink-de Jong and Matthijs Douma contributed equally to this work.

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Assink-de Jong, E., Douma, M., Beishuizen, A. et al. Microbiological findings and adequacy of antibiotic treatment in the critically ill patient with drowning-associated pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 40, 290–291 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-013-3175-6

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