Effect of routine use of a multiplex PCR for detection of vanA- and vanB- mediated enterococcal resistance on accuracy, costs and earlier reporting
- 28 December 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 41 (4) , 215-220
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0732-8893(01)00305-4
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