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. 2023 Dec 8;72(49):1333-1334.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7249a5.

Notes from the Field: Responding to the Wartime Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms - Ukraine, 2022

Ihor Kuzin, Oleksandr Matskov, Roman Bondar, Rostyslav Lapin, Tetiana Vovk, Andrea Howard, Arkadii Vodianyk, Robert Skov, Sarah Legare, Marianna Azarskova, Teeb Al-Samarrai, Ezra Barzilay, Charles Vitek

Notes from the Field: Responding to the Wartime Spread of Antimicrobial-Resistant Organisms - Ukraine, 2022

Ihor Kuzin et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Robert Skov reports support from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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