Systematic review of outbreaks of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: evidence that P. jirovecii is a transmissible organism and the implications for healthcare infection control.

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  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Hospital Infection

• Publication date

  2016-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.01.018PMID 26996089
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