Epidemiology of multiply resistant gram-negative bacteria in hospitals

Medical Microbiology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 284-291

  Pitt, T L ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0029820405     PISSN: 10184627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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