Validation of the IDI-MRSA™ system for use on pooled nose, axilla, and groin swabs and single swabs from other screening sites
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 61 (1) , 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.12.004
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