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Gastrointestinal Selective Capacity of Doripenem, Meropenem, and Imipenem for Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli in Treated Patients with Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Pattarachai Kiratisin
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Piyaporn Apisarnthanarak
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
LM Mundy, LLC, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand12120 (anapisarn@yaboo.com)
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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