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Original Article

Detecting Erythromycin Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes: Reliability of the Disk Diffusion Method and the Breakpoint Susceptibility Testing Method

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Pages 52-56 | Received 26 Aug 1994, Accepted 20 Nov 1994, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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