Prevalence of metallo- β-lactamase-producing (MBL) Acinetobacter species in a tertiary care hospital

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-25

  Kaur, Amarjeet ^a   Gupta, Veenu ^b   Chhina, Deepinder ^b  

^a Deparment of Lab Medicine   (India)

^b DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

A. baumannii; Carbapenem resistance; Metallo lactamase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894077781     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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