Misleading Gram Stain Findings on a Smear from a Cerebrospinal Fluid Specimen
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-5027,1943-7730
DOI: 10.1309/1uefxnmvvkr39pnb