Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , 2008

Outer membrane protein analysis of ampicillin-resistant isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from Saudi Arabia

  • Ronald A. Dixon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic and Biomedical Sciences, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1522 886 891; fax: +44 1673 862 100.
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  • Eyad M. Abdel-Rahman

      Affiliations

    • Saudi Centre for Pharmaceuticals, PO Box 22193, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Received 30 July 2008 ,Accepted 18 August 2008.

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PII: S1876-0341(08)00003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.08.002

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 45-50 , 2008

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