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Point-of-care molecular diagnostics for the detection of group A Streptococcus in non-invasive skin and soft tissue

Ryan M Close1, Catherine G Sutcliffe2, Patrick Galdun1

  • 1Whiteriver Service Unit, Indian Health Service, Whiteriver, AZ, USA.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
|June 18, 2022
PubMed
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Keywords:
Group A StreptococcusNative Americansdiagnosticsskin and soft tissue infections

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