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Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 42, 2010 - Issue 3
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

VIM-2 β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Zagreb, Croatia

Zrinka Bošnjak Department of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Branka Bedenić Department of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Annarita Mazzariol Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Neda Jarža-Davila Department of Microbiology, Zagreb Institute of Public Health “A. Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
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Sandra Šuto Department of Microbiology, Zagreb Institute of Public Health “A. Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
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Smilja Kalenić Department of Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Pages 193-197 | Received 14 Jul 2009, Accepted 16 Oct 2009, Published online: 09 Dec 2009

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