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Colistin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Report of a Cluster of 24 Cases from a New Oncology Center in Eastern India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Gaurav Goel ,
Lalawmpuia Hmar ,
Maitrayee Sarkar De ,
Sanjay Bhattacharya  and
Mammen Chandy
Gaurav Goel*
Affiliation:
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Lalawmpuia Hmar
Affiliation:
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Maitrayee Sarkar De
Affiliation:
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Sanjay Bhattacharya
Affiliation:
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
Mammen Chandy
Affiliation:
Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
*
DipRCPath, FRCPath, Consultant Microbiologist, Tata Medical Center, South Lab, 14 Major Arterial Road (E-W), New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata 700 156, India (drsanjay1970@hotmail.com).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1076 - 1077
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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