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We are most grateful to A.W.N. Lin for retrieving the medical records of the patients reported here.
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Cheng, V.C.C., Hung, I.F.N., Wu, A.K.L. et al. Lymphocyte surge as a marker for immunorestitution disease due to Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in HIV-negative immunosuppressed hosts. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 512–514 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1140-6
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