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Routine detection of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli in clinical laboratories

A review of current challenges

Ibrahim A. Al-Zahrani
Saudi Medical Journal September 2018, 39 (9) 861-872; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.9.22840
Ibrahim A. Al-Zahrani
From the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, and Special infectious Agents Unit-Biosafety Level-3, King Fahad Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 39 no. 9 861-872
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.9.22840
PubMed 
30251728

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Saudi Medical Journal
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1658-3175
History 
  • Received May 12, 2018
  • Accepted July 25, 2018
  • Published online September 1, 2018.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Ibrahim A. Al-Zahrani, MSc, PhD⇑
  1. From the Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, and Special infectious Agents Unit-Biosafety Level-3, King Fahad Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ibrahim A. Al-Zahrani, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, E-mail: iaalzahrani1{at}kau.edu.sa ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3879-5833
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