Infectious risks associated with medicinal Cannabis: Potential implications for immunocompromised patients?

J Infect

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA. Electronic address:

Published: May 2018

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