Relevance of Commercial Amplification Methods for Direct Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex in Clinical Samples

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2003 Dec 10

PMID 14662911

Citations 43

Authors

Claudio Piersimoni

Claudio Scarparo

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