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Review
. 2003 Dec;41(12):5355-65.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5355-5365.2003.

Relevance of commercial amplification methods for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples

Claudio Piersimoni  1 , Claudio Scarparo
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Review

Relevance of commercial amplification methods for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in clinical samples

Claudio Piersimoni et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Dec.
No abstract available

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