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Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in a Bulgarian university hospital over a 5-year period (2007–2012)

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Pages 932-934 | Received 18 Jun 2015, Accepted 25 Jun 2015, Published online: 22 Jul 2015

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