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. 2016 May;54(5):1402-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00155-16. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

Mapping of Microbiological Procedures by the Members of the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC) for Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infections

Lorenzo Drago  1 , Lars Lidgren  2 , Elena Bottinelli  3 , Jorge Hugo Villafañe  4 , Pedro Berjano  3 , Giuseppe Banfi  3 , Carlo Luca Romanò  3 , Thomas P Sculco  5
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Mapping of Microbiological Procedures by the Members of the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC) for Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Infections

Lorenzo Drago et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 May.
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