Nonrepresentative PCR amplification of variable gene sequences in clinical specimens containing dilute, complex mixtures of microorganisms.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on February 01, 1994

Authors

C J Wright1, A E Jerse, M S Cohen, J G Cannon, H S Seifert

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1: Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

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