Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 249-259 , May 2010

Rapid clinical diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease during the “herald wave” of the swine influenza (H1N1) pandemic: The Legionnaires' disease triad

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doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.10.008

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 249-259 , May 2010

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