Characterization of multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi from clinical specimens
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Phenotypic characterization of Salmonella typhi from clinical specimens and determination of the drug susceptibility pattern of the isolates
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عنوان ژورنال: GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2581-3250
DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2018.5.2.0115