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Sheshadri, A., Saliba, R., Patel, B. et al. Azithromycin may increase hematologic relapse rates in matched unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplant recipients who receive anti-thymocyte globulin, but not in most other recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 56, 745–748 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-020-01073-0
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