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Evaluation of a Rapid Microbiological Method with a Mixed Culture Biofilm Model

Patrick J. McCormick, Michael J. Schoene, Matthew A. Dehmler, James J. Kaiser, Susan E. Norton, Alexandre Pizon and Mark A. Fornalik
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology September 2013, 67 (5) 512-532; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2013.00932
Patrick J. McCormick
Bausch and Lomb, Inc., Rochester, NY, USA, and Labege, France
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