Antibiotics Resistance and Plasmid Profile of Staphylococcus aureus from Wound Swabs in Port Harcourt Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Research in Bacteriology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1994-5426
DOI: 10.3923/crb.2015.70.76