American Society for Microbiology Provides 2020 Guidelines for Detection and Identification of Group B

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2020 Oct 29

PMID 33115849

Citations 41

Authors

Laura Filkins

Jocelyn R Hauser

Barbara Robinson-Dunn

Robert Tibbetts

Bobby L Boyanton

Paula Revell

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