Characterisation of ST25 NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter spp. strains leading the increase in NDM-1 emergence in
Deja Rodgers1, Fernando Pasteran2, Manuel Calderon1
1Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, USA.
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
|September 5, 2020
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