Bacterial PCR in the diagnosis of joint infection.

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Published in Ann Rheum Dis on March 01, 2001

Authors

J Jalava1, M Skurnik, A Toivanen, P Toivanen, E Eerola

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Turku, Finland. jari.jalava@utu.fi

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