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Pages 100-108 (January 2008)
Updated Consensus Statement
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Antimicrobial Treatment of Exacerbation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 2007 Consensus Statement*
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Marc Miravitllesa,
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Correspondence: Dr M Miravitlles Institut Clínic del Tòrax, Hospital Clínic Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
, Eduard Monsóa, José Mensab, Jesús Aguarón Pérezc, José Barberánd, Mario Bárcena Caamañoc, José Luis Cañada Merinoe, Mikel Martínez Ortiz de Zárate, Manuel S. Moya Mir, Juan J. Picazob, José Antonio Quintano Jiméneze, José Ángel García-Rodríguezb
a Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
b Spanish Society of Chemotherapy (SEQ)
c Spanish Society of General Medicine (SEMG)
d Spanish Society of Internal Medicine (SEMI)
e Spanish Society of Rural and General Medicine (SEMERGEN)
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The affiliations of the authors of this consensus statement are provided at the end of the article.

The original Spanish article was published simultaneously in Semergen. 2008;34(2): 66–74.

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