Is a single positive blood culture for Enterococcus species representative of infection or contamination?

Author:

Jindai K.,Strerath M. S.,Hess T.,Safdar N.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Medicine

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