"Probable contaminants" no more: rapid identification of Gram-positive rods leads to improved clinical care.
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Missenden Road, Camperdown 2050, New South Wales, Australia 5 *Corresponding author. 6 Email: [email protected] 7
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 51 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013