Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 970-985

  Waites, Ken B ^a   Taylor Robinson, David ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Mollicutes; Mycoplasma; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188863310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch59     Document Type: Chapter

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