Omptin escherichia col/correlates with severity of disease in urinary tract infections

Medical Microbiology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-14

  Webb, R M ^a,c   Lundrigan, M D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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