Ability of RapID yeast plus system to identify 304 clinically significant yeasts within 5 hours

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1069-1071

  Kitch, Tasna T ^a   Jacobs, Michael R ^b   McGinnis, Michael R ^c   Appelbaum, Peter C ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; YEAST;

EID: 0029868779     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1069-1071.1996     Document Type: Article

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