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. 2012 Dec;50(12):4188-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02283-12. Epub 2012 Oct 10.

Incubation time of mycobacterial cultures: how long is long enough to issue a final negative report to the clinician?

Gaby E Pfyffer  1 , Franziska Wittwer
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Incubation time of mycobacterial cultures: how long is long enough to issue a final negative report to the clinician?

Gaby E Pfyffer et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec.
No abstract available

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