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Changes in the sensitivity of urinary pathogens to quinolones between 1987 and 1990 in France

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  1. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHRU Hôpital Bellevue, Boulevard Pasteur, 42023, Saint-Etienne, Cedex, France

    G. Aubert & G. Dorche

  2. Laboratoire de Biophysique et d'Informatique Médicale, Faculté de Médecine Jacques Lisfranc, Saint-Etienne, France

    P. P. Levy

  3. Laboratoire de Bactériologie et de Virologie, CHRU, Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne, France

    A. Ros

  4. Laboratoire d'Analyses Médicales, Clinique Chirurgicale Mutualiste, Saint-Etienne, France

    R. Meley

  5. Laboratoire d'Analyses Médicales Fauriel, Saint-Etienne, France

    B. Meley & A. Bourge

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Aubert, G., Levy, P.P., Ros, A. et al. Changes in the sensitivity of urinary pathogens to quinolones between 1987 and 1990 in France. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 11, 475–477 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01961870

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