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Original Articles

‘Supermutators’ found amongst highly levofloxacin-resistant E. coli isolates: a rapid protocol for the detection of mutation sites

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Pages 1-8 | Received 28 Sep 2014, Accepted 12 Dec 2014, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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