Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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How would you explain to a patient that a virus can be used to eliminate a bone infection caused by bacteria that do not respond to antibiotics?
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Prescott's Microbiology
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