Brief clinical and laboratory observationValue of the C-reactive protein test in the differentiation of bacterial and viral pneumonia†
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Supported in part by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Presented in part at the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, April 26, 1976, St. Louis, Mo.