Concurrent outbreaks of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing organisms of the family Enterobacteriaceae in a Warsaw hospital.

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Published in J Antimicrob Chemother on October 01, 1999

Authors

A Pałucha1, B Mikiewicz, W Hryniewicz, M Gniadkowski

Author Affiliations

1: Sera and Vaccines Central Research Laboratory, Warsaw, Poland.

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