Infections by pandrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria: clinical profile, therapeutic management, and outcome in a series of 21 patients.

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Published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis on March 01, 2010

Authors

C Tsioutis1, E I Kritsotakis, S Maraki, A Gikas

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1: Infection Control Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

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