Central Venous Catheter Sepsis Caused by Unusual Gordona (Rhodococcus) Species: Identification with a Digoxigenin-Labeled rDNA Probe
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/clind/15.4.694