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Comment
. 2017 Aug 31;22(35):30604.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.35.30604.

Letter to the Editor: Surveillance of mcr-1 and mcr-2 genes in Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from an Italian Hospital

Carolina Venditti  1 , Carla Nisii  1 , Silvia D'Arezzo  1 , Antonella Vulcano  1 , Antonino Di Caro  1
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Letter to the Editor: Surveillance of mcr-1 and mcr-2 genes in Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains from an Italian Hospital

Carolina Venditti et al. Euro Surveill. .
No abstract available

Keywords: antibiotic-resistance; colistin; mcr-1.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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