Diagnostic Tests for Some Bacterial Pathogens
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Rhodococcus equus | ✓ | ✓ | |||
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Adapted from Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition. Elsevier, 2020. | |||||
* Test not widely available in clinical practice. | |||||
NAAT=Nucleic Acid Amplification Test | |||||
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