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Bacteremic cellulitis caused by non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae in a patient following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

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Choi, S., Lee, D., Kim, M. et al. Bacteremic cellulitis caused by non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae in a patient following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 31, 1181–1182 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1704044

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