The infallible microbial identification test: does it exist?

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¹ bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France alex.vanbelkum@biomerieux.com.
² bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France.
³ bioMérieux Inc., Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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Alex van Belkum et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;53(5):1786.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.00281-15.

¹ bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France alex.vanbelkum@biomerieux.com.
² bioMérieux SA, Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, La Balme Les Grottes, France.
³ bioMérieux Inc., Clinical Unit, Microbiology R&D, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

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Alby K, Glaser LJ, Edelstein PH. Alby K, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 May;53(5):1787. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00310-15. J Clin Microbiol. 2015. PMID: 25883326 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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