Listeria and Erysipelothrix

Manual of Clinical Microbiology: Tenth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2022, Pages 403-412

  Wellinghausen, Nele ^a  

^a Gartner and Colleagues Laboratories   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erysipelothrix; Listeria; Listeriosis; Serologic tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 85188876021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555816728.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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