Evaluation of BACTEC™ blood culture system for culture of normally sterile body fluids
Uttam Udayan, Meena Dias
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Udayan U, Dias M. Evaluation of BACTEC™ blood culture system for culture of normally sterile body fluids. Indian J Crit Care Med 2014; 18 (12):829-830.
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