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Present and future problems of antibiotic resistance in gram-positive cocci

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Jeljaszewicz, J., Młynarczyk, G. & Młynarczyk, A. Present and future problems of antibiotic resistance in gram-positive cocci. Infection 26, 1–6 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02768743

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