Is Exchange Transfusion for Severe Neonatal Infection Preferable to Polymyxin B-immobilized Fiber Column for Direct Hemoperfusion: Pros and Cons.

141 Received May 8, 2021; accepted May 10, 2021. Published online July 1, 2021; doi: 10.1620/tjem.254.141. Correspondence: Naoto Nishizaki, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, 2-1-1 Tomioka, Urayasu, Chiba 279-0021, Japan. e-mail: nishizak@juntendo.ac.jp ©2021 Tohoku University Medical Press. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). Anyone may download, reuse, copy, reprint, or distribute the article without modifications or adaptations for non-profit purposes if they cite the original authors and source properly. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Letter to the Editor

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