IMP-4, a novel metallo-beta-lactamase from nosocomial Acinetobacter spp. collected in Hong Kong between 1994 and 1998.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on March 01, 2001

Authors

Y W Chu1, M Afzal-Shah, E T Houang, M I Palepou, D J Lyon, N Woodford, D M Livermore

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1: Department of Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

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