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Evaluation of the teichoic acid antibody assay using a commercial antigen

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  1. Service de Médecine et Laboratoire d'Investigation, Clinique H.J. Tagnon, Institut Jules Bordet, rue Héger-Bordet 1, 1000, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Van der Auwera

  2. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Civil, bd. P. Janson 92, 6000, Charleroi, Belgium

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Van der Auwera, P., Mimouna, A. Evaluation of the teichoic acid antibody assay using a commercial antigen. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 4, 601–603 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013411

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