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S M Bakheshwain1, N A El Khizzi, A M Al Rasheed
1Department of Microbiology, Central Military Laboratory & Blood Bank, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Medical Journal
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