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Letter to the Editor

Low impact of urine cultures as a diagnostic tool in patients with neutropenic fever

Julia SteinrückenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Thomas PabstDepartment of Medical Oncology, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland;
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Stefan ZimmerliDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
&
Jonas MarschallDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
Pages 872-874 | Received 07 Jun 2016, Accepted 13 Jun 2016, Published online: 08 Jul 2016

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