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False-positive Clostridium difficile latex agglutination tests

✍ Scribed by Pentti Huovinen; Ismo Räihå; Risto Vuento; Erkki Eerola; Aapo Lehtonen

Book ID
118125465
Publisher
The Lancet
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
317 KB
Volume
335
Category
Article
ISSN
0140-6736

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