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Felix Lötsch1,2, David N Springer3, Brigitte Selitsch4,5

  • 1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Vienna, 1090, Austria. felix.loetsch@meduniwien.ac.at.

概括

准确的青杆菌对zylpenicillin敏感性测试需要经验丰富的人员和经过验证的材料. 这项研究发现了EUCAST区域边缘解释的变化,强调了需要在临床实践中仔细实施的必要性.

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