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Original Article

Antibiotic Susceptibility of Coagulase-negative Staphylococcal Blood Isolates with Special Reference to Adherent, Slime-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains

Pirkko Kotilainen Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku University, Turku, Finland; Department of Medicine, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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Jukka Nikoskelainen Department of Medicine, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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Pentti Huovinen National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
Pages 325-332 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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