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Research Article

Nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia in adult cancer patients—characteristics of neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients

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Pages 603-608 | Received 07 Nov 2010, Accepted 23 Mar 2011, Published online: 04 May 2011

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