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Case Reports
. 2015 Jan-Feb;19(1):102-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.08.008. Epub 2014 Oct 13.

Misidentification of pan drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates as a metallo-β-lactamase producers by the EDTA/DDST test

Dandara Cassu-Corsi  1 , Willames M B S Martins  2 , Mara Cristina Scheffer  3 , Rodrigo Cayô  2 , Ana Cristina Gales  2
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Misidentification of pan drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates as a metallo-β-lactamase producers by the EDTA/DDST test

Dandara Cassu-Corsi et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2015 Jan-Feb.
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