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Comment
. 2013 Feb;57(2):1103.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01705-12.

Contradictory results with high-dosage rifamycin in mice and humans

A R M Coates, Yanmin Hu, A Jindani, D A Mitchison
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Contradictory results with high-dosage rifamycin in mice and humans

A R M Coates et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Feb.
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