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Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Imipenem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Harold C. Neu
Harold C. Neu*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology, Department of Medical, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
*
FACP Division of infectious Diseases/Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168 St., New York, NY 10032
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1992 , pp. 7 - 9
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1992

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