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Disease Course of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection With a Bacterial Cause

Jolien Teepe, Berna D. L. Broekhuizen, Katherine Loens, Christine Lammens, Margareta Ieven, Herman Goossens, Paul Little, Christopher C. Butler, Samuel Coenen, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko and Theo Verheij
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2016, 14 (6) 534-539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1974
Jolien Teepe
1Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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  • For correspondence: j.teepe-2@umcutrecht.nl
Berna D. L. Broekhuizen
1Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Katherine Loens
2University of Antwerp, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Diseases Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Antwerp, Belgium
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Christine Lammens
2University of Antwerp, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Diseases Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Antwerp, Belgium
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Margareta Ieven
2University of Antwerp, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Diseases Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Antwerp, Belgium
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Herman Goossens
2University of Antwerp, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Diseases Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Antwerp, Belgium
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Paul Little
3University of Southampton Medical School, Primary Care Medical Group, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Christopher C. Butler
4Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
5Cwm Taf University Health Board, Abercynon, United Kingdom
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Samuel Coenen
2University of Antwerp, Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine & Infectious Diseases Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Antwerp, Belgium
6University of Antwerp, Centre for General Practice, Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care (ELIZA), Antwerp, Belgium
MD, PhD
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Maciek Godycki-Cwirko
7Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Theo Verheij
1Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Jolien Teepe, Berna D. L. Broekhuizen, Katherine Loens, Christine Lammens, Margareta Ieven, Herman Goossens, Paul Little, Christopher C. Butler, Samuel Coenen, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Theo Verheij
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