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Research Paper

Comparative virulence of urinary and bloodstream isolates of extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in a Galleria mellonella model

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Pages 145-151 | Received 14 Aug 2014, Accepted 11 Nov 2014, Published online: 08 Apr 2015

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