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Prevalence of CTX-M-8 and CTX-M-15 type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases between Klebsiella pneumoniae spp. isolated from Zahedan, Southeast Iran

Shahram Shahraki-Zahedani1 Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran;2 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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Mehdi Moghadampour2 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mohammad Bokaeian3 Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Paramedical Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam4 Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Pages 343-345 | Published online: 27 Jul 2016

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