Infect Chemother. 2008 Nov-Dec;40(6):355-356. Korean.
Published online Dec 31, 2008.
Copyright © 2008 The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and The Korean Society for Chemotherapy
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Reliability of Sequence-Based Identification of Microorganism

Heungsup Sung, M.D. and Mi-Na Kim, M.D.
    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Received November 22, 2008; Accepted December 16, 2008.

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