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01-05-2016 | Letter to the Editor

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

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

Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Issue 5/2016

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Title: Detection of Enterococcus spp. in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with high-risk neutropenia: May it be ignored?
Authors: Max Desole
Karin G. Schrenk
Ulf Schnetzke
Andreas Hochhaus
Sebastian Scholl
Publication date: 01-05-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0171-5216
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-015-2084-1

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