New Approaches to Diagnostics of C.Difficile Infection

Stofkova, Z; Novakova, E; Sadloňová, V

New Approaches to Diagnostics of C.Difficile Infection

Acta Medica Martiniana

Volume 20 (2020): Issue 1 (April 2020)

By:

Z Stofkova, E Novakova and V Sadloňová

Open Access

|Apr 2020

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