Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 143-152 , June 2010

Utility of high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of mycolic acids and partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing for routine identification of Mycobacterium spp. in a national reference laboratory

Received 17 September 2009 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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