Chryseobacterium and related genera infections

xPharm: The Comprehensive Pharmacology Reference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-4

  Booth, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-008055232-3.62958-7     Document Type: Chapter

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