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Letter

Association between neutropenia and brain abscess due to Bacillus cereus bacteremia in patients with hematological malignancies

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Pages 2947-2949 | Received 31 Jan 2014, Accepted 22 Feb 2014, Published online: 22 Apr 2014

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