An Obituary for the Case Report in Journal of Clinical Microbiology

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Editorial

Alexander J McAdam. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Aug.

. 2015 Aug;53(8):2396-7.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.01525-15.

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Comment in

Case Reports May Be Declared Dead by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, but They Are Alive and Well in JMM Case Reports.
Kusters JG, Hall RH. Kusters JG, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Feb;54(2):502. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02870-15. J Clin Microbiol. 2016. PMID: 26822767 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Reply to "Case Reports May Be Declared Dead by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, but They Are Alive and Well in JMM Case Reports".
McAdam AJ. McAdam AJ. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Feb;54(2):503. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02944-15. J Clin Microbiol. 2016. PMID: 26822768 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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