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Letter to the Editors
Transmissible colistin resistance encoded by mcr-1 detected in clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Singapore
Jeanette WP TeoNational University Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, Republic of Singapore, Singapore119074, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
, Ka Lip ChewNational University Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, Republic of Singapore, Singapore119074, Singapore
& Raymond TP LinNational University Hospital Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Microbiology, Republic of Singapore, Singapore119074, Singapore;National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Republic of Singapore, Singapore138623, Singapore
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Received 04 Apr 2016, Accepted 30 May 2016, Published online: 25 Jan 2019
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