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Original Article

An Evaluation of the Role of Surface Hydrophobicity and Extracellular Slime in the Pathogenesis of Foreign-Body-Related Infections due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

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Pages 391-396 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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