Retrospective study of Gen-Probe rapid diagnostic system for detection of legionellae in frozen clinical respiratory tract samples.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 1987

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P H Edelstein, R N Bryan, R K Enns, D E Kohne, D L Kacian

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