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Preparation of a Blood Culture Pellet for Rapid Bacterial Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing
Published on: October 15, 2014
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNICAL DETAILS IN THE PREPARATION OF A TRANSPARENT BLOOD-AGAR FOR THE CULTIVATION OF THE
British Medical Journal
|August 27, 2010
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