PCR amplification of rRNA intergenic spacer regions as a method for epidemiologic typing of Clostridium difficile

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• Publication year

  1995

• Venue

  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

• Publication date

  1995-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1128/jcm.33.1.184-187.1995PMID 7699038PMCID PMC227904
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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