Cefotetan-induced life-threatening haemolysis

Heather E Robinson,* Ellen L Maxwell,^† H Miles Prince,^‡ Mary A O'Reilly,§ Andrew Jakobovits¶

1 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Locked Bag 1, A'Beckett Street, East Melbourne, VIC 8006
2 Melbourne Pathology, Melbourne, VIC
4 Cabrini Health, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: Miles.Prince@petermac.org

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