Comparison of pigment production and motility tests with PCR for reliable identification of intrinsically vancomycin-resistant enterococci.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on July 01, 1995

Authors

C P Cartwright1, F Stock, G A Fahle, V J Gill

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Pathology Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

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