Multiply resistant viridans streptococci: susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics and comparison of penicillin-binding protein patterns.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on November 01, 1983

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B F Farber, G M Eliopoulos, J I Ward, K L Ruoff, V Syriopoulou, R C Moellering

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