Nosocomial Aspergillosis Is Waterborne
Open Access
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 33 (9) , 1546-1548
- https://doi.org/10.1086/322967
Abstract
Nosocomial invasive aspergillosis can cause life-threatening infections among immunosuppressed patients and is thought to be primarily airborne. DespKeywords
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