Acknowledgments
We thank Dr. Miriam Conte for the English revision of the manuscript.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Author contributions: La Gioia A and Fiorini F contributed to the conception and design of the study. Salamone D, Basile M and Andreoli E were involved in the hematological and microbiological evaluof results. La Gioia A and Fiorini M supervised the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Ethical approval: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review.
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