Two-step bacterial broad-range polymerase chain reaction analysis of heart valve tissue improves bacteriological diagnosis of infective endocarditis
- 1 March 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 75 (3), 240-244
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.11.013
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