Molecular epidemiology of infections due to Enterobacter aerogenes: identification of hospital outbreak-associated strains by molecular techniques.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on January 01, 1995

Authors

P R Georghiou1, R J Hamill, C E Wright, J Versalovic, T Koeuth, D A Watson, J R Lupski

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1: Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

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