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EDITORIAL
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in non-HIV pulmonary patients on chronic corticosteroid therapy: make a virtue of necessity?
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7th Pulmonary Department, Athens Chest Hospital, Greece
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2nd Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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1st Department of Pneumonology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
1st Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “SOTIRIA”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Messogion 152, Athens 11527, Greece
1st Department of Pneumonology, Hospital for Diseases of the Chest “SOTIRIA”, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Messogion 152, Athens 11527, Greece
Pneumon 2015;28(1):28–30
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All the authors declare that they do not have a financial relationship with a commercial entity that has an interest in the subject of this manuscript.
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