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Letter to the Editor

Detection and characterization of NDM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Iran: an incursion crisis

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Pages 291-293 | Received 05 Dec 2019, Accepted 12 Dec 2019, Published online: 26 Dec 2019

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