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Letter to the Editors

Emergence of a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Singapore

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Pages 1-16 | Received 26 Aug 2015, Accepted 25 Sep 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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