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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

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