Comparison of Vitek MS (MALDI-TOF) to standard routine identification methods: An advance but no panacea

Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 583-585

  Harris, Patrick ^a   Winney, Ian ^a   Ashhurst Smith, Chris ^a   O'Brien, Mark ^a   Graves, Stephen ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 84866892604     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAT.0b013e328358343c     Document Type: Article

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