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Isolation of Mycoplasma genitalium from endocervical swabs of infertile women

Dunia A. Alfarraj and Ali M. Somily
Saudi Medical Journal May 2017, 38 (5) 549-552; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.5.18820
Dunia A. Alfarraj
From the Department of Botany and Microbiology (Alfarraj), College of Science, and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali M. Somily
From the Department of Botany and Microbiology (Alfarraj), College of Science, and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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