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Studying bacteria in respiratory specimens by using conventional and molecular microbiological approaches
15 Apr 2009
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BACKGROUND: Drawing from previous studies, the traditional routine diagnostic microbiology evaluation of samples from chronic respiratory conditions may provide an incomplete picture of the bacteria present in airways disease. Here, the aim was to determine the extent to which routine diagnostic microbiology gave a different assessment of the species present in sputa when analysed by using culture-independent...
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