Evaluation of Repeat Clostridium difficile Enzyme Immunoassay Testing
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Repeat Clostridium difficile Testing.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00931-08