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New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase and OXA-48 carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacilli isolates in Libya

Abdulmajeed G. KraiemPostgradaute AcademyTripoli, Libya
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Abdulaziz ZorganiDepartment of Microbiology and ImmunologyFaculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya
,
Omar ElahmerNational Centre for Disease Control, Tripoli, Libya
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Adnene HammamiCHU Habib Bourguiba Faculté deMédecine, Avenue Elferdaous, Sfax, Tunisie
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Basma M. ChaabenEl-Nakheel CompoundEl-Sherouk City, Cairo, Egypt
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Khalifa Sifaw GhengheshCorrespondence[email protected]
Article: 29206 | Published online: 19 Aug 2015

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