Epidemic of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in renal transplant recipients: a case-control and environmental study.

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Published in CMAJ on May 01, 1989

Authors

N M Le Saux1, L Sekla, J McLeod, S Parker, D Rush, J R Jeffery, R C Brunham

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Associated clinical trials:

The CRISIS Prevention Study (CRISIS) | NCT00395161

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