First Isolation of bla VIM-2 in Latin America: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program
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First isolation of bla(VIM-2) in Latin America: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.4.1433-1434.2004