The microbiome in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and cancer patients: Opportunities for clinical advances that reduce infection

Andrew Y. Koh

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006342

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The microbiome in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and cancer patients: Opportunities for clinical advances that reduce infection

Andrew Y. Koh

* E-mail: andrew.koh@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2172-5126

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The microbiome in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and cancer patients: Opportunities for clinical advances that reduce infection

Andrew Y. Koh

Published: June 29, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006342

About the Authors

Andrew Y. Koh

* E-mail: andrew.koh@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2172-5126

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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