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MICROBIOLOGY

In vitro activities of ‘new’ and ‘conventional’ antibiotics against multi‐drug resistant Gram negative bacteria from patients in the intensive care unit

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Pages 586-588 | Received 24 Jul 2006, Accepted 10 Apr 2007, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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