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Germ and Hematology: Underlying Disease Influences Diversity of Germ Spectra and Antibiotic Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Enrico Schalk ,
Ina Tammer  and
Florian H. Heidel
Enrico Schalk*
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Medical Center, Magdeburg, Germany
Ina Tammer
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Otto-von-Guericke University Medical Center, Magdeburg, Germany
Florian H. Heidel
Affiliation:
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Medical Center, Magdeburg, Germany
*
Department of Hematology and Oncology, Center of Internal Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke University Medical Center, Leipziger Strasse 44, D-39120 Magdeburg, Germany (enrico.schalk@med.ovgu.de).
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , February 2014 , pp. 208 - 210
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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