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Editorial
. 2021 Nov 30:12:803324.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.803324. eCollection 2021.

Editorial: Microbial Biofilms in Chronic and Recurrent Infections

Fiorentina Ascenzioni  1 , Axel Cloeckaert  2 , Enea Gino Di Domenico  3 , Catherine Dunyach-Remy  4 , María Guembe  5   6
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Editorial: Microbial Biofilms in Chronic and Recurrent Infections

Fiorentina Ascenzioni et al. Front Microbiol. .
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Keywords: antibiotic; biofilm; infection; inflammation; resistance.

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