Seven years' experience of isolation of Rickettsia spp. from clinical specimens using the shell vial cell culture assay.
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Unité des Rickettsies CNRS UMR-A 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Rolain
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Fournier
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Birg
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Enea
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Patrice
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Raoult
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D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology