A 1.5 hour procedure for identification of enterococcus species directly from blood cultures

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Morgan, Margie A ^a   Marlowe, Elizabeth ^a   Novak Weekly, Susan ^b   Miller, J M ^b   Painter, T M ^c   Salimnia, Hossein ^c   Crystal, Benjamin ^d  

^a Cedars Sinai Medical Cente ^*  (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AdvanDx   (United States)

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EID: 80355131712     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2616     Document Type: Article

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