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Outbreak of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease caused by a contaminated oxygen humidifier

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We thank maintenance personnel for their technical assistance, the physicians C. Merino and F. Tarazona for clinical management, the physician C. Añó and the nurse supervisor M.A. Gómez for their help in the PARU, and the microbiologist V. Domínguez for the sample management.

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