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Susceptibility ofBacteroides fragilis to cefotaxime and piperacillin: Tentative interpretative standards for the disc-diffusion test

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  1. Laboratorio di Batteriologia e Micologia Medica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299 Rome, Italy

    I. Luzzi & P. Gianfrilli

  2. Istituto di Clinica Medica III, Università La Sapienza Viale dell'Università, 37 Rome, Italy

    A. Pantosti & G. Panichi

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Luzzi, I., Pantosti, A., Gianfrilli, P. et al. Susceptibility ofBacteroides fragilis to cefotaxime and piperacillin: Tentative interpretative standards for the disc-diffusion test. Eur. J, Clin. Microbiol. 3, 37–39 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032814

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