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Reply to: Paul SP, et al. (2016) the debate continues: is urine culture indicated in neonates with prolonged jaundice?

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Communicated by Jaan Toelen

This is a correspondence to an article found at 10.1007/s00431-016-2706-x.

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Tullus, K. Reply to: Paul SP, et al. (2016) the debate continues: is urine culture indicated in neonates with prolonged jaundice?. Eur J Pediatr 175, 879–880 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-016-2707-9

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