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Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Australia

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  2. Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Western Australian Centre for Pathology and Medical Research, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia

    Thomas V. Riley

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Riley, T.V. Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea. Pharmacoeconomics 10, 1–3 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2165/00019053-199610010-00001

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