Systems for detection and identification of bacteria and yeasts

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 15-26

  Petti, Cathy A ^a   Weinstein, Melvin P ^b   Carroll, Karen C ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Blood culture detection; DNAtarget sequencing; PCR; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188875402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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