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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 6, 1974 - Issue 4
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Original Article

On the Persistence of R Factors in the Gram-Negative Aerobic Flora of the Human Intestine

Marianne Jonsson Department of Infectious Diseases, Roslagstull Hospital, the Department of Bacteriology, Karolinska Institutet, and the Central Microbiological Laboratory of Stockholm County, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 339-344 | Published online: 02 Jan 2015

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