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Original Article

Microbiology of Chronic Maxillary Sinusitis in Adults: Isolated Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria and their Susceptibility to Twenty Antibiotics

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Pages 672-677 | Received 21 Nov 1994, Accepted 28 Feb 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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