Emergence of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Guatemala.
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چکیده
Servicio Antimicrobianos, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI)-ANLIS ‘Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán’, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sección Bacteriologı́a, UCREVE/ Laboratorio Nacional de Salud, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala; Hospital Infantil de Infectologı́a y Rehabilitación, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala; Hospital General San Juan de Dios, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala; Alert and Response and Epidemic Diseases, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
دوره 67 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012