Corynebacterium species and coryneforms: An update on taxonomy and diseases attributed to these taxa

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 9-18

  Bernard, Kathryn ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; LABORATORY TEST; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 12344289487     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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