Management of children with multidrug-resistant sepsis in low-income and middle-income countries.

Lancet Child Adolesc Health

Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group, Institute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK. Electronic address:

Published: January 2018

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