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Brief Report

Reproducibility between two readout methods of a commercial broth microdilution assay for Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with Cystic Fibrosis

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Pages 50-55 | Received 22 Feb 2018, Accepted 08 Jul 2018, Published online: 17 Jan 2019

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