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Original Article

A comparative study of the BBL Crystal Enteric/Nonfermenter identification system and the BioMerieux API20E and API20NE identification systems after overnight incubation

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Pages 358-361 | Accepted 03 Aug 1995, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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