Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 235-238 , July 2009

Bacteriological profile and antimicrobial resistance patterns of clinical bacterial isolates in a University Hospital

Received 11 May 2009 ,Revised 23 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.07.004

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 235-238 , July 2009

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