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Coagulase-negative staphylococci and the clinical microbiology laboratory

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Sewell, C.M. Coagulase-negative staphylococci and the clinical microbiology laboratory. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 3, 94–95 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02014324

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