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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;16(7):1178-80.
doi: 10.3201/eid1607.091913.

Misindentification of Mycobacterium kumamotonense as M. tuberculosis

Almudena Rodríguez-Aranda, María S Jimenez, Jesús Yubero, Fernando Chaves, Rafael Rubio-Garcia, Elia Palenque, Maria J García, M Carmen Menendez
Case Reports

Misindentification of Mycobacterium kumamotonense as M. tuberculosis

Almudena Rodríguez-Aranda et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Jul.
No abstract available

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