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High-throughput Screening of Chemical Compounds to Elucidate Their Effects on Bacterial Persistence
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Evaluation of ofloxacin activity against recent clinical isolates
E Nani1, D Anzivino, A Lavitola
1Laboratories of Microbiology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathology, II Medical School, University of Naples, Italy.
Journal of Chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
|July 1, 1989
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