Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria from external ear canal of cancer patients at Shafa Cancer Hospital -Ahwaz

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-19

  Kalantar, E ^a   Mosaei, M ^a   Ekrami, A ^a   Pedram, M ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Ear canal; Microbiology; Oncology

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844470416     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.19769     Document Type: Article

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