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. 1994 Feb;47(2):190–191. doi: 10.1136/jcp.47.2.190

Clinical usefulness of detecting growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in positive Bactec phials using PCR.

A Morris, L Reller, B Devlin
PMCID: PMC501849  PMID: 8132845

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