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Letter to the Editor

Spread of carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae at tertiary care cancer hospital in Egypt

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Pages 560-564 | Received 03 Dec 2017, Accepted 08 Jan 2018, Published online: 26 Jan 2018

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