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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 24, 1992 - Issue 5
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Original Article

Rapid Emergence of Quinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni in Patients Treated with Norfloxacin

Bengt Wretlind From the Departments of Clinical Bacteriology, Danderyd Hospital, Danderyd
,
Anders Strömberg Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Danderyd
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Lennart Östlund Infectious Diseases, Danderyd Hospital, Danderyd
,
Eva Sjögren Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Bertil Kaijser Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
Pages 685-686 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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