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Hematology

A case report of a fulminant Aeromonas hydrophila soft tissue infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia harboring a rare translocation

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Pages 1125-1132 | Received 04 Dec 2021, Accepted 11 May 2022, Published online: 27 May 2022

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