Detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase in a German university hospital;Nachweis von Klebsiellapneumoniae-carbapenemase in einem Deutschen universitätsklinikum

Hygiene + Medizin

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-25

  Wendt, Constanze ^a   Schütt, Sabine ^a  

^a Hygiene Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC 2; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955146287     PISSN: 01723790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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