Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Grown Blood Cultures by Combining Culture and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Is Rapid and Effective

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Judith Beuving,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Annelies Verbon,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Firza A. Gronthoud,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Ellen E. Stobberingh,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Petra F. G. Wolffs

* E-mail: p.wolffs@mumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Care And Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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