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2. Bryskier, A. (2002). Antibiotics, antibacterial agents, and antifungals. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
    
3. Conte, J. E. (2002). Manual of antibiotics and infectious diseases: treatment and prevention. 9th edition. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. Philadelphia.
    
4. Forbes, B. A., D. F. Sahm, and A. S. Weissfeld. (2002). Bailey & Scott's diagnostic microbiology. 11th edition. pp. 214-258. Mosby, St. Louis.
    
5. Isenberg, HI (ed). (1998). Essential Procedures in Clinical Microbiology. pp. 207-254. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
    
6. Koneman, EW, SD Allen, WM Janda, PC Schreckenberger, and WC Winn, Jr. (eds). (1997). Color atlas and textbook of diagnostic microbiology. pp. 785-856. Lippincott, Philadelphia.
    
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