Enterobacter bacteremia: clinical features and emergence of antibiotic resistance during therapy.

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Published in Ann Intern Med on October 15, 1991

Authors

J W Chow1, M J Fine, D M Shlaes, J P Quinn, D C Hooper, M P Johnson, R Ramphal, M M Wagener, D K Miyashiro, V L Yu

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1: University of Pittsburgh.

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