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Comment
. 2014 May;52(5):1803.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.02275-13.

No evidence for contamination of Borrelia blood cultures: a review of facts

Alan B MacDonald  1
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No evidence for contamination of Borrelia blood cultures: a review of facts

Alan B MacDonald. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 May.
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