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VOLUME 18 , ISSUE 12 ( December, 2014 ) > List of Articles

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Evaluation of BACTEC™ blood culture system for culture of normally sterile body fluids

Uttam Udayan, Meena Dias

Citation Information : 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.

DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.146331

License: CC BY-ND 3.0

Published Online: 01-06-2009

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2014; The Author(s).


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