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Muto, T., Takeuchi, M., Kawaguchi, T. et al. Low-dose trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT. Bone Marrow Transplant 46, 1573–1575 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2010.335
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