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Unusual resistance to cefuroxime by strains of alcaligenes faecalis

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Withington Hospital, Nell Lane, M 20 8LR, Manchester, UK

    E. B. Kaczmarski M. B. B. S., Dp. Bact

  2. Department of Microbiology, The General Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, B4 6NH, Birmingham, UK

    R. W. Smyth M. I. M. L. S.

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Kaczmarski, E.B., Smyth, R.W. Unusual resistance to cefuroxime by strains of alcaligenes faecalis. Infection 17, 42 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01643503

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