Bailey and Scott's Diagnostic Microbiology: A Textbook for the Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Microorganisms |
Contents
Optical methods in specimen examination | 9 |
Methods of obtaining pure cultures | 17 |
Philosophy and general approach to clinical specimens | 25 |
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