Case reportLegionnaires' disease: A cause of severe abscess-forming pneumonia
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From the Infectious Disease and Immunology Division, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York.
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From the Infectious Disease Division, Departments of Medicine and Pathology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
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From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, St. Johns Episcopal Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.
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From the Research Service, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital, Los Angeles, California.