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Shinako Fukigai1, Makiko Morimoto2, Kouji Kimura2

  • 1Division of Microbiology, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Hanyu General Hospital, 551 Kami-iwase, Hanyu, Saitama 348-8505, Japan.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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PubMed

Keywords:
Commercially availableGroup B StreptococcusGroup B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibilityMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-selective agar platePRGBSStreptococcus agalactiae

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