Is the polymerase chain reaction a useful tool or an expensive toy in culture-negative endocarditis?

Editorial

. 2000 Jun;3(2):81-3.

Editorial

J Moore et al. Commun Dis Public Health. 2000 Jun.

. 2000 Jun;3(2):81-3.

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