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Editorial
. 2025 May 14;63(5):e0192524.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.01925-24. Epub 2025 May 14.

Photo Quiz: Unexpected pathogens in the Gram staining of a blood culture smear

Jan Esse  1 , Julius Sommer  1 , Johannes Träger  1 , Richard Strauß  2 , Julia Fürst  2 , Giuseppe Valenza  1 , Christian Bogdan  1   3 , Jürgen Held  1
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Photo Quiz: Unexpected pathogens in the Gram staining of a blood culture smear

Jan Esse et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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