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Research Article

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Mycobacterium marinum Determined by E-test and Agar Dilution

Jim Werngren, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, Lena Gezelius, Sven E. Hoffner
Pages 585-588 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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