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Disseminated fusarium infection after ibrutinib therapy in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

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    Thomas S. Y. Chan, Chor-Sang Chim & Yok-Lam Kwong

  2. Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

    Rex Au-Yeung

  3. Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

    Sally C. Y. Wong

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Chan, T.S.Y., Au-Yeung, R., Chim, CS. et al. Disseminated fusarium infection after ibrutinib therapy in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Ann Hematol 96, 871–872 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-2944-7

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