The significance and epidemiology of Fusobacterium necrophorum in sore throats.

J Infect

Department of Microbiology, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH, UK; Department of Microbiology, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester WR5 1DD, UK. Electronic address:

Published: August 2014

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