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Plesiomonas shigelloides gastroenteritis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Mansour AlfayezDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; View further author information
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Jan A. BurgerDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; View further author information
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Tapan KadiaDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; View further author information
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Teena H. XuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USAView further author information
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Ariel D. SzvalbDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USAView further author information
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Naveen PemmarajuDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 3341-3342 | Received 07 Jun 2019, Accepted 23 Jun 2019, Published online: 15 Jul 2019

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