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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 9/2015

01-09-2015 | Letter

Pneumocystis jirovecii airborne transmission between critically ill patients and health care workers

Authors: Sandrine Valade, Elie Azoulay, Céline Damiani, Francis Derouin, Anne Totet, Jean Menotti

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2015

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Metadata
Title
Pneumocystis jirovecii airborne transmission between critically ill patients and health care workers
Authors
Sandrine Valade
Elie Azoulay
Céline Damiani
Francis Derouin
Anne Totet
Jean Menotti
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3835-9

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