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Macrolides or fluoroquinolones as enteral antibiotic therapy for non-ICU legionellosis

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    Renaud Scussel, Karine Risso, Elisa Demonchy, Céline Michelangeli & Pierre-Marie Roger

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Scussel, R., Risso, K., Demonchy, E. et al. Macrolides or fluoroquinolones as enteral antibiotic therapy for non-ICU legionellosis. Infection 47, 875–876 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-019-01340-3

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