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In vitro induction of ciprofloxacin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci

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    J. W. Hartley M. B., MRCPath. & Beryl A. Oppenheim M. B., MRCPath.

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Hartley, J.W., Oppenheim, B.A. In vitro induction of ciprofloxacin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci. Infection 17, 247–248 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01639530

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