Two Cases of Clostridium tertium Infection and Successful Identification of the Organism by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis
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Yumiko Joichi, A.D., Shizuo Kayama, D.D.S., Ikue Hayashi, Ph.D., Makoto Onodera, B.S.E., Maki Furushimo, A.D., Yumiko Koba, M.S., Michiya Yokozaki, M.D., Hiroki Ohge, M.D., and Motoyuki Sugai, D.D.S. Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University; Section of Infection Diseases, Laboratory Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital; Research Facility, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry; Division of Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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