Predominance of Streptococcus pneumoniae among TB patients complicates Dots chemotherapy at infectious diseases hospital Kano, Northwest Nigeria
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عنوان ژورنال: Access Microbiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2516-8290
DOI: 10.1099/acmi.ac2020.po0052