Yield of routine mycobacterial culture of osteoarticular specimens in a tertiary orthopaedic hospital in England, 2017–2022

Yates, Tom A.; Vahesan, Olivier; Warren, Simon; Scobie, Antonia

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Yield of routine mycobacterial culture of osteoarticular specimens in a tertiary orthopaedic hospital in England, 2017–2022

Tom A. Yates, Olivier Vahesan, Simon Warren, and Antonia Scobie

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