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Salar, A., Carratalà, J., Fernández-Sevilla, A. et al. Pneumonia caused byMicrococcus species in a neutropenic patient with acute leukemia. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 16, 546–548 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01708243
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