Isolation, in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility and penicillin tolerance of Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in a Turkish University Hospital

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Arikan, Sevtap ^a   Ergüven, Sibel ^a   Günalp, Ayfer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0031278754     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(97)80051-5     Document Type: Article

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