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Sung and Kim: Reliability of Sequence-Based Identification of Microorganism
Letter to the Editor
Infection and Chemotherapy

Infection and Chemotherapy 2008; 40(6): 355-356.

Published online: 31 December 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2008.40.6.355

Reliability of Sequence-Based Identification of Microorganism

Heungsup Sung, M.D., Mi-Na Kim, M.D.

Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence: Mi-Na Kim, M.D. Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3010-4511, Fax: +82-2-478-0884, mnkim@amc.seoul.kr

Received 22 November 2008       Accepted 16 December 2008

Copyright © 2008 The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and The Korean Society for Chemotherapy

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