Molecular Epidemiology of Bacillus cereus in a Pediatric Cancer Center |
Kim, Jong Min
(Department of Pediatrics, Myongji Hospital, Seonam University College of Medicine)
Park, Ki-Sup (Center for Clinical Research, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute) Lee, Byung-Kee (Department of Pediatrics, Good Gang-An Hospital) Kim, Soo Jin (Center for Clinical Research, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute) Kang, Ji-Man (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Yanghyun (Center for Clinical Research, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute) Yoo, Keon Hee (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Sung, Ki Woong (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Koo, Hong Hoe (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lee, Nam Yong (Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Yae-Jean (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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