Internal transcribed spacer sequencing versus biochemical profiling for identification of medically important yeasts.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 01, 2006

Authors

D E Ciardo1, G Schär, E C Böttger, M Altwegg, P P Bosshard

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich, Switzerland.

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