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Chapter 16 - Post-mortem Microbiology: Sampling and Interpretation

from Section 5 - Autopsy Findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2019

Marta C. Cohen
Affiliation:
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Irene B. Scheimberg
Affiliation:
Royal London Hospital
J. Bruce Beckwith
Affiliation:
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fern R. Hauck
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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