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. 2012 May;18(5):877-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1805.111432.

Possible nosocomial transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Céline Damiani, Firas Choukri, Solène Le Gal, Jean Menotti, Claudine Sarfati, Gilles Nevez, Francis Derouin, Anne Totet

Possible nosocomial transmission of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Céline Damiani et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 May.
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