Aeromonas

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 658-665

  Horneman, Amy J ^a   Ali, Afsar ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonads; Aeromonas; Antimicrobial susceptibilities; Molecular detection methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188873373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch38     Document Type: Chapter

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