Rapid and reliable real-time PCR assay for detection of the macrolide efflux gene and subsequent discrimination between its distinct subclasses mef(A) and mef(E)
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Microbiological Methods
- Vol. 60 (2) , 269-273
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2004.10.004
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