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Demonstrating a Multi-drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Amplification Microarray
Published on: April 25, 2014
Modified Hodge test as screening test for spreading carbapenemase resistance has become more important
Mustafa Hatipoglu1, Sevket Balta, Mustafa Cakar
1Gulhane Military Medicine Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Üsküdarİstanbul, Turkey.
Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
|September 17, 2013
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