Defining invasive fungal infection risk in hematological malignancies: a new tool for clinical practice

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Benedetta Rambaldi
Cattedra di Ematologia, Unità di Malattie del Sangue e Trapianto di Midollo Osseo, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Università di Brescia e ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Domenico Russo
Cattedra di Ematologia, Unità di Malattie del Sangue e Trapianto di Midollo Osseo, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Università di Brescia e ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Livio Pagano
Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Roma, Italy

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Fungal infection, neutropenia, leukemia, lymphoma

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Jan 1, 2017
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.012

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Rambaldi, B., Russo, D. and Pagano, L. (2017) “Defining invasive fungal infection risk in hematological malignancies: a new tool for clinical practice”, Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 9(1), p. e2017012. doi: 10.4084/mjhid.2017.012.
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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017): Review, Original Articles, Case Reports
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Letters to the Editor

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