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Hematologic malignancy as a risk factor for bacteremic skin and soft tissue infection caused by gram-negative bacilli

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Republic of Korea

    Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kyong Ran Peck & Jae-Hoon Song

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Kang, CI., Ryeon Chung, D., Ran Peck, K. et al. Hematologic malignancy as a risk factor for bacteremic skin and soft tissue infection caused by gram-negative bacilli. Ann Hematol 89, 1171–1173 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-010-0914-4

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