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Naselli, A., Faraci, M., Lanino, E. et al. Persistence of high-level (1,3)-β-D-glucan after candidemia following autologous peripheral SCT in a pediatric patient. Bone Marrow Transplant 50, 137–138 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2014.206
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