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When Carbapenem Resistance Is Sneaky

Posted on March 27, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Because what we really need are more ways to have carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae (‘CRE’), which are bacteria resistant to all penicillin derivatives–and almost always resistant to just about every other antibiotic. While the two ‘famous’ types of carbapenem resistance genes, … Continue reading →

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