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Original Articles

High prevalence of antibiotic resistance in nasopharyngeal bacterial isolates from healthy children in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional study

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Pages 249-256 | Received 15 Feb 2015, Accepted 09 Jul 2015, Published online: 25 Aug 2015

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