Clinical presentation of Legionnaires’ disease during an outbreak: The typical presentation of an atypical pathogen

Ana Patrícia Gomes da Rocha Dias (Lisbon, Portugal), Ana Dias, Patrícia Dionísio, Francisca Lopes, Christine Costa, João Carvalho, Gustavo Carvalho, Ana Cysneiros, Bruno Von Amann, Margarida Serrado, Filipe Froes, Cristina Bárbara

Source: International Congress 2015 – Clinical issues in CAP: microbiological and radiological determinants
Session: Clinical issues in CAP: microbiological and radiological determinants
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2589
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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