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Mehta, A., Rangarajan, S. & Borate, U. A cautionary tale for probiotic use in hematopoietic SCT patients–Lactobacillus acidophilus sepsis in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma undergoing hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 48, 461–462 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2012.153
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