Rational antibiotic therapy of respiratory tract infections in a primary care setting

Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology and Allergology, Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Head of the Department: Insitute Professor Bolesław Kalicki, MD, PhD Correspondence: Agnieszka Lipińska-Opałka, MD, PhD, Department of Paediatrics, Paediatric Nephrology and Allergology, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserów 128, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: alipinska@wim.mil.pl

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