Evaluation of VITEK 2 and RapID yeast plus systems for yeast species identification: experience at a large clinical microbiology laboratory.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 07, 2007

Authors

Maurizio Sanguinetti1, Rosaria Porta, Michela Sali, Marilena La Sorda, Giovanni Pecorini, Giovanni Fadda, Brunella Posteraro

Author Affiliations

1: Istituto di Microbiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo F. Vito, 1-00168 Rome, Italy. msanguinetti@rm.unicatt.it

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