Persistent Atelectasis in a Patient With Cystic Fibrosis: Are Antibiotics Always Needed?

Arch Bronconeumol (Engl Ed)

Unidad de Fibrosis Quística, Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España.

Published: January 2019

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