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Detection of Enterococcus spp. in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with high-risk neutropenia: May it be ignored?

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    Max Desole, Karin G. Schrenk, Ulf Schnetzke, Andreas Hochhaus & Sebastian Scholl

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Desole, M., Schrenk, K.G., Schnetzke, U. et al. Detection of Enterococcus spp. in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with high-risk neutropenia: May it be ignored?. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 142, 1133–1136 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-015-2084-1

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