Notes from the Field: Large Cluster of Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Colonizing Residents at a Skilled Nursing Facility - Chicago, Illinois, November 2016-March 2018.
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SUBMITTER: Clegg WJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6181260 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
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Notes from the Field: Large Cluster of Verona Integron-Encoded Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Colonizing Residents at a Skilled Nursing Facility - Chicago, Illinois, November 2016-March 2018.
Clegg Whitney J WJ Pacilli Massimo M Kemble Sarah K SK Kerins Janna L JL Hassaballa Ahmed A Kallen Alexander J AJ Walters Maroya S MS Halpin Alison Laufer AL Stanton Richard A RA Boyd Sandra S Gable Paige P Daniels Jonathan J Lin Michael Y MY Hayden Mary K MK Lolans Karen K Burdsall Deb P DP Lavin Mary Alice MA Black Stephanie R SR
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