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Severe infections as the leading complication after the Lushan earthquake

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  1. Center of Infectious Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Junyan Qu, Zhiyong Zong, Xiaohui Wang, Guanyu Zhou, Ping Feng & Xiaoju Lü

  2. Department of Infection Control, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Zhiyong Zong

  3. Medical Quality Control Office, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Min Chen

  4. Intensive Care Unit, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Bo Wang, Wanhong Yin, Xiaodong Jin & Yan Kang

  5. Neurosurgery Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37 Guoxue Lane, Chengdu, 610041, China

    Caohua Yang

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Qu, J., Zong, Z., Wang, X. et al. Severe infections as the leading complication after the Lushan earthquake. Intensive Care Med 41, 560–561 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3644-1

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