文档介绍：Clinical Microbiology
Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis
Diagnostic Standards of Care
MICHAEL LAPOSATA, MD, PHD
Series Editor
Coagulation Disorders
Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis
Michael Laposata, MD, PhD
Clinical Microbiology
Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis
Charles W. Stratton, MD
ing in the Series
Laboratory Management
Clinical Chemistry
Transfusion Medicine
Hematology / Immunology
Diagnostic Standards of Care Series
Clinical Microbiology
Quality in Laboratory Diagnosis
Charles W. Stratton, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine
Department of Pathology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Vanderbilt University Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee
New York
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