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Letter to the Editor

Emergence of IntI1 associated blaVIM-2 gene cassette-mediated carbapenem resistance in opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas stutzeri

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Pages 1-3 | Received 12 Oct 2016, Accepted 17 Jan 2017, Published online: 15 Jan 2019

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