Species prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterococci isolated in a tertiary care hospital of North India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 962-965

  Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Jose, Swapna ^a   Singhal, Ritu ^a   Sood, Seema ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Das, Bimal K ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 27744597244     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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