Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1;Legionella pneumophila serogrupo 1

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 391-393

  Sabrià, Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142059074     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13051901     Document Type: Editorial

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