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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology Volume 104, 2010 - Issue 4
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First detection of oxacillinase-mediated resistance to carbapenems in Klebsiellapneumoniae from Morocco

A. BenoudaLaboratoire de Microbiologie Hôpital International Cheikh Zaid, B.P. 6533, Avenue Allal El Fassi, Madinat Al Irfane, Hay Riad, Rabat 10 000, Morocco
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O. TouzaniLaboratoire de Microbiologie Hôpital International Cheikh Zaid, B.P. 6533, Avenue Allal El Fassi, Madinat Al Irfane, Hay Riad, Rabat 10 000, Morocco
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M.-T. KhairallahDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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G. F. ArajDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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G. M. MatarDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon, 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Floor 8, New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.;, Email: [email protected]
Pages 327-330 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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