Legionellosis following water birth in a hot tub in a Canadian neonate.

CMAJ

Sections of Infectious Diseases (Barton), Paediatric Critical Care (McKelvie), and Respirology (Mullowney), Department of Paediatrics; Division of Microbiology (Campigotto), Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, Ont.

Published: October 2017

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