Use of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA markers to distinguish isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 01, 1992

Authors

A Aufauvre-Brown1, J Cohen, D W Holden

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1: Department of Infectious Diseases and Bacteriology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

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