Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants: difficult to diagnose and difficult to treat.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 43 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006