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Legionella in the Hospital Water Supply A Plea for Decision Making Based on Evidence-Based Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Janet E. Stout  and
Victor L. Yu
Janet E. Stout
Affiliation:
Special Pathogens Laboratory and Infectious Disease Section, VA Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Victor L. Yu*
Affiliation:
Special Pathogens Laboratory and Infectious Disease Section, VA Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*
VA Medical Center, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 11 , November 2001 , pp. 670 - 672
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