Notes from the field: Detection of blaNDM-1 carbapenem resistance in a clinical isolate of Providencia stuartii in a U.S./coalition medical facility --- Afghanistan, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 756-

  Storey, Sherrie A ^a   McGann, Patrick T ^b   Lesho, Emil P ^b   Waterman, Paige E ^b   Spring, Silver ^b  

^a Walter Reed Army Institute of Research ^*

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 79959307769     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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