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Brief Report

OmpK35 and OmpK36 porin variants associated with specific sequence types of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Constantinos C PapagiannitsisDepartment of MicrobiologyNational School of Public Health, Athens Health, Alexandras Ave196, Athens11521, Greece. Email: [email protected]
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Panagiota GiakkoupiDepartment of MicrobiologyNational School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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Stathis D KotsakisLaboratory of BacteriologyHellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
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Eva TzelepiLaboratory of BacteriologyHellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
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Leonidas S TzouvelekisDepartment of MicrobiologyMedical School, University of Athens, Greece
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Alkiviadis C VatopoulosDepartment of MicrobiologyNational School of Public Health, Athens, Greece;Central Public Health Laboratory, Hellenic Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, Vari, Greece
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Vivi MiriagouLaboratory of BacteriologyHellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
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Pages 250-254 | Published online: 05 Nov 2013

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