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Original Article

Adjunctive gentamicin did not improve outcome of enterococcal bacteraemia in neutropenic patients: a propensity scored matched study

Philipp JentDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;
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Laura ThalmannMedical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;
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Thomas PabstDepartment of Medical Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;
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Sara DrozInstitute of Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Parham SendiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ;Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 409-416 | Received 08 Oct 2018, Accepted 08 Feb 2019, Published online: 01 Mar 2019

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