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June 2, 2017Leukemia & lymphoma/Leukemia and lymphomaOpen Access

Cart before the horse: use of Aspergillus PCR to increase the diagnostic yield from BAL in hematological patients at risk of invasive aspergillosis

Olivia Smibert Monica A. Slavin

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Lower respiratory tract infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hematological patients [1–3]. Accurate diagnosis is essential because there are a broad range of infective and non...

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab09d8a31a4a01fd37f755b https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2017.1330479

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