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Ethanolic extracts of Tinospora cordifolia and Alstonia scholaris show antimicrobial activity towards clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant and carbapenemase-producing bacteria

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Pages 1438-1445 | Received 06 Mar 2014, Accepted 25 Mar 2014, Published online: 22 Apr 2014

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