Evaluation of a new selective agar medium for detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai1, Ayaka Morito1, Izumi Yanagisawa2

  • 1Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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