PREVALENCE OF INDUCIBLE CLINDAMYCIN RESISTANCE AMONGST METHICILLIN RESISTANT AND SENSITIVE STRAINS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS FROM A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, WEST BENGAL, INDIA.

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Despite salmon (Salmo salar L.) being an important fish in the Baltic Sea ecosystem and its fisheries, knowledge about the parasite fauna of this top predator is scarce.The Anisakidae nematodes (Anisakis spp., Pseudoterranova spp., Contracaecum sp.) found in Baltic Sea fish species are zoonotic parasites that are hazardous to human health.Due to th

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