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Comparison of bacteremic pneumonia caused by Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

A retrospective study

Fuxing Li, Junqi Zhu, Yunwei Zheng, Youling Fang, Longhua Hu and Jianqiu Xiong
Saudi Medical Journal March 2024, 45 (3) 241-251; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.3.20230428
Fuxing Li
From the Second Affiliated Hospital (Li, Zhu, Zheng, Fang, Hu), Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University; from the Department of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine (Li, Zheng, Hu), Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; and from the Department of Nursing (Xiong), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China.
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Junqi Zhu
From the Second Affiliated Hospital (Li, Zhu, Zheng, Fang, Hu), Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University; from the Department of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine (Li, Zheng, Hu), Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; and from the Department of Nursing (Xiong), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China.
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Yunwei Zheng
From the Second Affiliated Hospital (Li, Zhu, Zheng, Fang, Hu), Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University; from the Department of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine (Li, Zheng, Hu), Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; and from the Department of Nursing (Xiong), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China.
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Youling Fang
From the Second Affiliated Hospital (Li, Zhu, Zheng, Fang, Hu), Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University; from the Department of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine (Li, Zheng, Hu), Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; and from the Department of Nursing (Xiong), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China.
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Longhua Hu
From the Second Affiliated Hospital (Li, Zhu, Zheng, Fang, Hu), Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University; from the Department of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine (Li, Zheng, Hu), Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; and from the Department of Nursing (Xiong), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China.
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Jianqiu Xiong
From the Second Affiliated Hospital (Li, Zhu, Zheng, Fang, Hu), Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University; from the Department of Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine (Li, Zheng, Hu), Clinical Laboratory of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; and from the Department of Nursing (Xiong), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Jiangxi, China.
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