Misleading gram stain from a patient with Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis bacteremia

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 85-88

  Das, Kasturi ^a   Shah, Sanjiv ^a   Levi, Michael H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 3242783173     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(97)84566-7     Document Type: Article

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