In the recent review article by McKean et al. we agree with his conclusion ‘the guidelines
give a comprehensive overview of the research surrounding the different aspects of
community acquired pneumonia (CAP) from which they derive their findings’.
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© 2003 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
