Is it time to replace the Petri dish with PCR? Application of culture-independent nucleic acid amplification in diagnostic bacteriology: expectations and reality.
Sintchenko
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Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. vitalis@icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
Iredell
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Gilbert
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