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Systemic trichosporonosis mimicking disseminated varicella zoster viral infection during blinatumomab therapy

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Chan, T.S.Y., Kwong, YL. Systemic trichosporonosis mimicking disseminated varicella zoster viral infection during blinatumomab therapy. Ann Hematol 97, 371–373 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3153-0

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