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. 1972 Aug;48(4):287–292. doi: 10.1136/sti.48.4.287

Diagnosis of gonorrhoea by culture on a selective medium containing vancomycin, colistin, nystatin and trimethoprim (VCNT). A comparison with Gram-staining and immunofluorescence.

I Phillips, D Humphrey, A Middleton, C S Nicol
PMCID: PMC1048323  PMID: 4117273

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