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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

VIM- and IMP-type metallo-β-lactamase-producing Shigella spp. in childhood diarrhea from Andaman Islands

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Pages 749-750 | Received 09 Feb 2015, Accepted 20 Feb 2015, Published online: 13 Mar 2015

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