Laboratory Diagnosis of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
Open Access
- 15 March 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (6) , 926-932
- https://doi.org/10.1086/528798
Abstract
The laboratory diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) continues to rely on culture-based methods that have been used for many decades. TheKeywords
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