Significance of single antibiotic susceptibility tests in routine use diagnostics of streptococci upper respiratory tract infections

HealthMED

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Mahmutovic Vranic, Sabina ^a   Rebic, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Clinical entities; Streptococci; Upper respiratory tract

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949433439     PISSN: 18402291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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