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Comparative evaluation of a new Vitek 2 system for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of

M Abele-Horn1, K Stoy, M Frosch

  • 1Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Strabe 2, 97080 Würzburg, Germany. mhorn@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases : Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
|January 21, 2006
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