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Gordonia polyisoprenivorans Septicemia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient

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  1. Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Elfriede-Aulhorn Strasse 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    V. A. J. Kempf & I. B. Autenrieth

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Otfried-Müller-Strasse 10, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    M. Schmalzing

  3. Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    A. F. Yassin & K. P. Schaal

  4. Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhems-Universität, Corrensstrasse 3, 48149, Münster, Germany

    D. Baumeister, M. Arenskötter & A. Steinbüchel

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Kempf, V.A.J., Schmalzing, M., Yassin, A.F. et al. Gordonia polyisoprenivorans Septicemia in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 226–228 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-1087-z

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