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EDITORIAL
Cautious use of fluoroquinolones in respiratory infections
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Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, First Academic Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Hospital for Diseases of the CHEST “SOTIRIA”, Athens, Greece
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “Sotiria”, 152 Messogion Ave., Athens 11527, Greece
Interstitial Lung Diseases Unit, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “Sotiria”, 152 Messogion Ave., Athens 11527, Greece
Pneumon 2016;29(3):191-192
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