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ORIGINAL ARTICLES and LETTERS Infectious Disease

How Many Sources Should Be Cultured for the Diagnosis of a Blood Stream Infection in Children with Cancer?

Dimitrios DoganisOncology Department, P & A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece and Hematology & Oncology Division, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Basim AsmarDivision of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Maxim YankelevichOncology Department, P & A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece and Hematology & Oncology Division, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Ronald ThomasBiostatistics Division, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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Yaddanapudi RavindranathOncology Department, P & A Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece and Hematology & Oncology Division, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
Pages 416-424 | Received 06 Mar 2013, Accepted 06 Mar 2013, Published online: 09 Apr 2013

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