Relationship between increased levofloxacin use and decreased susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States
- 31 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Vol. 51 (1) , 31-37
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.08.017
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