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Case Reports
. 2008 Feb;52(2):796-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01180-07. Epub 2007 Dec 3.

Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Greece

Gaelle Cuzon, Thierry Naas, Marie Claude Demachy, Patrice Nordmann
Case Reports

Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Greece

Gaelle Cuzon et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb.
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