Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in patients with hematological malignancy: curbing an endemic pathogen
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Risk of vancomycin-resistant enterococci bloodstream infection among patients colonized with vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
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عنوان ژورنال: Leukemia & Lymphoma
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1042-8194,1029-2403
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2013.845887