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Comment
. 2014 May;52(5):1804.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00252-14.

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

Barbara J B Johnson  1 , Mark A Pilgard, Theresa M Russell
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Reply to "No evidence for contamination of Borrelia blood cultures: a review of facts"

Barbara J B Johnson et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 May.
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