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Editorial
. 2011 May;133(5):458-60.

Superbug--the so-called NDM-1

R K Srivastava, R I Ichhpujani, Shashi Khare, Arvind Rai, L S Chauhan
Editorial

Superbug--the so-called NDM-1

R K Srivastava et al. Indian J Med Res. 2011 May.
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