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Letter to the Editor

Rapid micro-organism identification from blood and enrichment fluid cultures using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry following abbreviated incubation on chocolate agar plates in a high-throughput regional microbiology laboratory

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Pages 312-316 | Received 12 Nov 2018, Accepted 12 Dec 2018, Published online: 07 Feb 2019

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