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. 2018 Jan 5;66(51-52):1410.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm665152a5.

Notes from the Field: Investigation of Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Among Patients at a Community Hospital - Kentucky, 2016

Sae-Rom Chae, Anna Q Yaffee, Mark K Weng, D Cal Ham, Kimberly Daniels, Amanda B Wilburn, Kimberly A Porter, Andrea H Flinchum, Sandra Boyd, Alicia Shams, Maroya S Walters, Alexander Kallen

Notes from the Field: Investigation of Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Among Patients at a Community Hospital - Kentucky, 2016

Sae-Rom Chae et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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    Garg M, Talmud J, Repanshek Z. Garg M, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Jul;72(1):60-61. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.05.012. Ann Emerg Med. 2018. PMID: 29929655 No abstract available.

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