Prevalence and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated from Different Clinical Samples in District Peshawar
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1,3 Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan 2 Department of Chemistry, Islamia College Peshawar (Chartered University), Pakistan 4 Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 5 Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan 6 Department of Agriculture, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan 7 Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan Received: September 1, 2014 Accepted: November 13, 2014
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