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Legionella Pneumonia: Experience in a Community Teaching Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Obi Okoye ,
Manhal Tannous ,
Raja Shekar  and
Keyvan Ravakhah
Obi Okoye
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Huron Hospital/Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio
Manhal Tannous
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Huron Hospital/Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio
Raja Shekar
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Huron Hospital/Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio
Keyvan Ravakhah
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Huron Hospital/Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 12 , December 2004 , pp. 1014
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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