Allergy to antibiotics: Perspective from a tertiary care hospital.

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed)

Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.

Published: May 2019

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