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A 1.5 Hour Procedure for Identification of Enterococcus Species Directly from Blood Cultures
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A 1.5 Hour Procedure for Identification of Enterococcus Species Directly from Blood Cultures

Published on: February 11, 2011

Specimen collection and transport, anaerobic culture techniques, and identification of anaerobes

D M Citron

    Reviews of Infectious Diseases
    |March 1, 1984
    PubMed

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