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Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.31312

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.31312

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Brief report

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29 Jan 2019

Brief report |

| 29 Jan 2019

Is Gram staining still useful in prosthetic joint infections?

Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Noam Shohat, Marine Sebillotte, Cédric Arvieux, Javad Parvizi, and Alex Soriano

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