Correlation between the genetic diversity of nosocomial pathogens and their survival time in intensive care units
- 28 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 62 (2) , 181-186
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2005.08.010
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