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Susceptibility Testing

Problems Arising in Antimicrobial Therapy Due to False Susceptibility Testing

B.A. CunhaInfectious Disease Division, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York and State University of New York School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Pages 25-35 | Published online: 17 Feb 2021

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