Comparison of physiologic tests used to identify non-beta-hemolytic aerococci, enterococci, and streptococci.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on October 01, 1987

Authors

S S Fertally1, R Facklam

Author Affiliations

1: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.

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