Mycobacterial contamination of fibreoptic bronchoscopes.
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Mycobacterial contamination offibreoptic bronchoscopes
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.48.12.1283