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Update to the Latin American Thoracic Society (ALAT) Recommendations on Infectious Exacerbation of COPD
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These recommendations were made possible by the unrestricted support of Bayer and Aventis.

Members of the ALAT Work Group Coordinators: J.M. Luna (Guatemala) and J.R. Jardim (Brazil). Work Group Members: H. López, C.M. Luna, J.A. Mazzei, and D. Stamboulian (Argentina); J.C. Abreu de Oliveira and J. Pereira (Brazil); A. Díaz, C. Lisboa, and F. Saldías (Chile); D. Maldonado and C. Torres (Colombia); S. Martínez Selmo (Dominican Republic); M. Miravitlles, F. Rodríguez de Castro, and A. Torres (Spain); A. Anzueto and J. Ramírez (USA); M. Díaz, R. Pérez Padilla, A. Ramírez, and R. Sansores (Mexico); I. Carrasco (Panama); A. Matsuno (Peru).

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