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Ugai, T., Sugihara, H., Nishida, Y. et al. Capnocytophaga canimorsus sepsis following BMT in a patient with AML: possible association with functional asplenia. Bone Marrow Transplant 49, 153–154 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2013.126
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