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Brief Report

Failure of combination therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bone infection: a case of in vivo selection with resistance to rifampicin and fusidic acid

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Pages 699-702 | Received 19 Jan 2016, Accepted 19 Apr 2016, Published online: 19 May 2016

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