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Letter to the Editor

Risk factors for 30-day mortality among patients with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia

Takehiro HashimotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Kosaku KomiyaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.Correspondence[email protected]
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Naoko FujitaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Yuko UsagawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Mari YamasueDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Kenji UmekiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Masaru AndoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Shin-ichi NurekiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Kazufumi HiramatsuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Jun-ichi KadotaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita, Japan.
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Pages 440-442 | Received 13 Feb 2020, Accepted 21 Feb 2020, Published online: 03 Mar 2020

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