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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 13, 1981 - Issue 3
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Effect of Trimethoprim or Trimethoprim/Sulphamethoxazole Usage on the Emergence of Trimethoprim Resistance in Urinary Tract Pathogens

Kathrine Dornbusch National Bacteriological Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Paavo Toivanen Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Turku, Finland
Pages 203-210 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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