Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 149-157 , April 2006

Transfusion-Transmitted Klebsiella pneumoniae Fatalities, 1995 to 2004

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Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 149-157 , April 2006

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