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Copyright ©ERS Journals Ltd 2005
Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections
1 Dept Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK, 2 Istituto di Tisiologia e Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Milan, Italy. 3 Chefarzt der Klinik für Pneumologie, Beatmungsmedizin und Infektiologie, Bochum, and, 7 Lungenlinik Unterstedt, Daikonierkrankenhaue Rotenburg, Rotenburg, Germany. 4 Pneumologie et Reanimation, Paris, France. 5 Microbiology Lab, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. 6 Smittskyddsenheten, Norrbacka, Stockholm, Sweden. 8 Clinic de Pneumologia I Cirurgia Toràcica, Hospital Clinic I Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 9 Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
CORRESPONDENCE: M. Woodhead, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK. Fax: 44 1612764989. E-mail: mark.woodhead{at}cmmc.nhs.uk
Received: May 11, 2005
Accepted August 16, 2005
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