New polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic techniques for bacterial respiratory infection

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Gillespie, Stephen H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031957611     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199804000-00008     Document Type: Review

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