Laboratory diagnosis of mycoplasmal and ureaplasmal infections

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 105-112

  Waites, Ken B ^a   Bébéar, Christiane ^b   Robertson, Janet A ^c   Cassell, Gail H ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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EID: 0037994515     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-4399(96)86429-4     Document Type: Article

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