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Antimicrobial Synergy Testing by the Inkjet Printer-assisted Automated Checkerboard Array and the Manual Time-kill Method
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Antibiotic beads: tips and tricks learned at a busy county hospital
Karina L Paulius1, Mollie Young, Pirko Maguina
1University of Illinois College of Medicine, Mt Sinai Hospital Program, USA.
Orthopedics
|June 5, 2008
Abstract:
This technique simplifies and improves the production of antibiotic beads in the operating room.
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