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VOLUME 23 , ISSUE 6 ( June, 2019 ) > List of Articles

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Colistin for Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Central Nervous System Infection: A Triple Route Therapy!

Ratnesh Kumar Shukla

Citation Information : Shukla RK. Colistin for Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Central Nervous System Infection: A Triple Route Therapy!. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019; 23 (6):287-287.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23183

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 01-12-2009

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2019; The Author(s).


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