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Original Article

Investigation of metallo-beta-lactamase producing strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii by E-test, disk synergy and PCR

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Pages 320-325 | Received 10 May 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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