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Case Reports
. 2006 Oct;12(10):1613-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid1210.060297.

KPC type beta-lactamase, rural Pennsylvania

Jonathan Pope, Jennifer Adams, Yohei Doi, Dora Szabo, David L Paterson
Case Reports

KPC type beta-lactamase, rural Pennsylvania

Jonathan Pope et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Oct.
No abstract available

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