Laboratory and clinical evaluation of a commercial DNA probe for the detection of Legionella spp.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on October 01, 1989

Authors

A W Pasculle1, G E Veto, S Krystofiak, K McKelvey, K Vrsalovic

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261.

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