Evaluation of commercial kits for quantitative identification and tests on antibiotic susceptibility of genital mycoplasmas

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 540-549

  Abele Horn, Marianne ^a   Blendinger, Christa ^a   Becher, Christine ^b   Emmerling, Peter ^b   Ruckdeschel, Gotthard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

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EID: 0030221570     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80005-3     Document Type: Article

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