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. 2018 Jun 15;67(23):668-669.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6723a4.

Notes from the Field: Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Less Common Enterobacteriaceae Genera - United States, 2014-2017

Maroya S Walters, Medora Witwer, Yeon-Kyeng Lee, Valerie Albrecht, David Lonsway, J Kamile Rasheed, Melissa Anacker, Paula Snippes-Vagnone, Ruth Lynfield, Alexander J Kallen

Notes from the Field: Carbapenemase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae from Less Common Enterobacteriaceae Genera - United States, 2014-2017

Maroya S Walters et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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A patent is pending for the real-time polymerase chain reaction test for the detection of IMP genes; however, none of the authors is a submitter of the patent. No other conflicts of interest were reported.

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