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Carlos A Castrodad-Rodríguez1, Erika P Orner1, Wendy A Szymczak1

  • 1Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.

Academic Pathology
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PubMed

Keywords:
antimicrobialsdiagnostic medicinemass spectrometrymicrobiologymolecular testingpathology competenciessusceptibility

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