Enterococcus

Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 17-26

  Teixeira, Lúcia Martins ^a   Merquior, Vânia Lúcia Carreira ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 84922803402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-185-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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