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  1. Cefiderocol, ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftolozane-tazobactam, intravenous fosfomycin and plazomicin represent potential carbapenem sparing agents for extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase or AmpC beta-lactamase produ...

    Authors: Ouli Xie, Kathryn Cisera, Lucy Taylor, Carly Hughes and Benjamin Rogers
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:57
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  2. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections caused by Streptococcus agalactiae is a leading cause of meningitis and sepsis in neonates, with early-onset GBS symptoms emerging during the first week of life and late-ons...

    Authors: Edward P. C. Ager, Eric D. Steele, Lindsey E. Nielsen, Matthew A. Nestander, Katrin Mende and Steven E. Spencer
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:55
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  3. Surgical site infections are related to high morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Because the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospitals is becoming a worldwide challenge for surgeons who tre...

    Authors: Carine Laurence Yehouenou, Arsène A. Kpangon, Dissou Affolabi, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Françoise Van Bambeke, Olivia Dalleur and Anne Simon
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:54
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  4. The colonization of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in bloodstream infections (BSIs) has been increased dramatically worldwide, and it was associated with worse clinical ou...

    Authors: Ai-Min Jiang, Na Liu, Rui Zhao, Hao-Ran Zheng, Xue Chen, Chao-Xin Fan, Rui Zhang, Xiao-Qiang Zheng, Xiao Fu, Yu Yao and Tao Tian
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:53
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  5. Multidrug-resistant infections due to Mycobacterium abscessus often require complex and prolonged regimens for treatment. Here, we report the evaluation of a new ex vivo antimicrobial susceptibility testing model...

    Authors: Carmen Amelia Molina-Torres, Oscar Noé Flores-Castillo, Irma Edith Carranza-Torres, Nancy Elena Guzmán-Delgado, Ezequiel Viveros-Valdez, Lucio Vera-Cabrera, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Julia Verde-Star, Jorge Castro-Garza and Pilar Carranza-Rosales
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:52
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  6. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Davie Wong, Titus Wong, Marc Romney and Victor Leung
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:51
    Content type: Editorial Expression of Concern Published on:

  7. Persistent bacteremia occurs in at least 30% of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SAB) and may be attributable to a dysregulated host immune response. Neutrophils interact with a variety ...

    Authors: Marquerita Algorri and Annie Wong-Beringer
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:50
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  8. Plasmodium vivax, once considered benign species, is recently being recognised to be causing severe malaria like Plasmodium falciparum. In the present study, the authors report the trends in malaria severity in P...

    Authors: Monika Matlani, Loick P. Kojom, Neelangi Mishra, Vinita Dogra and Vineeta Singh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:49
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  9. Multi-drug resistance (MDR) and extensive-drug resistance (XDR) associated with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and carbapenemases in Gram-negative bacteria are global public health concerns. Data on...

    Authors: Sulochana Manandhar, Raphael M. Zellweger, Nhukesh Maharjan, Sabina Dongol, Krishna G. Prajapati, Guy Thwaites, Buddha Basnyat, Sameer Mani Dixit, Stephen Baker and Abhilasha Karkey
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:48
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  10. Nasal colonization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) plays a key role in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of both healthcare-associated and community-acquired MRSA infections in various popul...

    Authors: Seid Abie, Moges Tiruneh and Wondwossen Abebe
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:47
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  11. Infections were the primary cause of death (34.3–55.5%) in patients with pemphigus. Skin was usually the origin of infections. The study aimed to explore features and associated factors of bacterial skin infec...

    Authors: Furong Li, Yejun Wu, Wenjie Bian, Lei Huang, Xuejun Zhu, Xixue Chen and Mingyue Wang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:46
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  12. Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most important bacterial pathogens that causes infection with a high mortality rate due to resistance to different antibiotics. This bacterium promp...

    Authors: Zahra Chegini, Amin Khoshbayan, Majid Taati Moghadam, Iman Farahani, Parham Jazireian and Aref Shariati
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:45
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  13. Most preventing measures for reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are based mainly on the decolonization of the internal surface of the endotracheal tubes (ETTs). However, it has been demonstrated th...

    Authors: María Jesús Pérez-Granda, Beatriz Alonso, Ricardo Zavala, María Consuelo Latorre, Javier Hortal, Rafael Samaniego, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz and María Guembe
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:44
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  14. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of disk diffusion and Etest methods, compared to that of the broth dilution reference method for identifying beta-lactam susceptibilities of Penicillin-Resistant, Ampi...

    Authors: Natália Conceição, Wellington Francisco Rodrigues, Kessys Lorrânya Peralta de Oliveira, Lucas Emanuel Pinheiro da Silva, Laís Rezende Cardoso de Souza, Cristina da de Cunha Hueb Barata Oliveira and Adriana Gonçalves de Oliveira
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:43
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  15. Colistin is considered as one of the last-resort antibiotics and reliable antimicrobial susceptibility testing is therefore crucial. The reference standard for AST according to EUCAST and CLSI is broth microdi...

    Authors: Erlangga Yusuf, Mireille van Westreenen, Wil Goessens and Peter Croughs
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:42
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  17. A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), causing an emerging coronavirus disease (COVID-19), first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which has taken a catastrophic turn with high toll rates in China and ...

    Authors: Ali A. Rabaan, Shamsah H. Al-Ahmed, Ranjit Sah, Ruchi Tiwari, Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo, Shailesh Kumar Patel, Mamta Pathak, Yashpal Singh Malik, Kuldeep Dhama, Karam Pal Singh, D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Shafiul Haque, Dayron F. Martinez-Pulgarin, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales and Hakan Leblebicioglu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:40
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  18. Majocchi's granuloma is an uncommon fungal infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. The most frequently identified cause of Majocchi’s granuloma is anthropophilic Trichophyton rubrum, and it is most commo...

    Authors: Yun-yan Zheng, Yue Li, Ming-yan Chen, Qian-yun Mei and Ru-zhi Zhang
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:39
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  19. Nocardia takedensis was first isolated in 2005, from soil in Japan. We report here two cases of lymphangitis in France (2012–2017) caused by N. takedensis both occurring after skin injury while gardening, which e...

    Authors: Romain Lotte, Alicia Chevalier, Sabine Dantas, Nicolas Degand, Alice Gaudart, Pierre-Simon Rörhlich, Laurent Boyer, Veronica Rodriguez-Nava, Pascal Del Giudice and Raymond Ruimy
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:38
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  20. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP), which is ionized gas produced at atmospheric pressure, could be a novel and potent antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of infected wounds. Previously we have shown that CAP g...

    Authors: Gabrielle S. Dijksteel, Magda M. W. Ulrich, Marcel Vlig, Ana Sobota, Esther Middelkoop and Bouke K. H. L. Boekema
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:37
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  21. Raoultella are Gram-negative rod-shaped aerobic bacteria which grow in water and soil. They mostly cause nosocomial infections associated with surgical procedures. This case study is the first report of a Raoulte...

    Authors: Tafese Beyene Tufa, Andre Fuchs, Torsten Feldt, Desalegn Tadesse Galata, Colin R. Mackenzie, Klaus Pfeffer and Dieter Häussinger
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:36
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  22. A drug-oriented antibiotic stewardship intervention targeting tigecycline utilization was launched at Makassed General Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon, in 2016 as a part of a comprehensive Antibiotic Stewardship Pro...

    Authors: Rima Moghnieh, Dania Abdallah, Lyn Awad, Marwa Jadayel, Nicholas Haddad, Hani Tamim, Aline Zaiter, Diana-Caroline Awwad, Loubna Sinno, Salam El-Hassan, Rawad Lakkis, Rabab Khalil and Tamima Jisr
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:35
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  23. Cytomegalovirus infection is one of the most common complications after solid organ transplantation. There have been several classes of antiviral drugs for the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection, such as ...

    Authors: Yu Zhang, Tao Zhou, Mingzhu Huang, Guangxiang Gu and Qiang Xia
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:34
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  24. To assess the effects of nasal decontamination on preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) in people who are Staphylococcus aureus carriers undergoing different types of surgeries and diverse measures of decolo...

    Authors: Jia Tang, Jiangjin Hui, Jing Ma and Chen Mingquan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:33
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  25. The vast majority of patients with peritonsillar abscess (PTA) recover uneventfully on abscess drainage and antibiotic therapy. However, occasionally patient´s condition deteriorates as the infection spread in...

    Authors: Tejs Ehlers Klug, Thomas Greve and Malene Hentze
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:32
    Content type: Review Published on:

  26. Urinary tract infections (UTI) are mostly caused by bacteria. Urine cultures are usually a definitive measure to select the appropriate antibiotics for the elimination of a uropathogen and subsequent recovery ...

    Authors: Kukwah Anthony Tufon, Djike Puepi Yolande Fokam, Youmbi Sylvain Kouanou and Henry Dilonga Meriki
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:31
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  27. Authors: Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Ranjit Sah, Ali A. Rabaan, Kuldeep Dhama, Cristina Casalone, Kovy Arteaga-Livias, Toyoaki Sawano, Akihiko Ozaki, Divya Bhandari, Asaka Higuchi, Yasuhiro Kotera, Zareena Fathah, Namrata Roy, Mohammed Ateeq Ur Rahman, Tetsuya Tanimoto and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:30
    Content type: Letter To The Editor Published on:

  28. Along with swift economic evolution and continuous amelioration of lifestyle, people at present are paying more attention to health issues. Synthetic drugs will be compensated with other natural ones that belo...

    Authors: Waleed Bakry Suleiman
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:29
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  29. Adult-onset hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and life-threatening condition, which is often triggered by certain types of infection, cancer and numerous autoimmune diseases; however, of the n...

    Authors: Tianjun Yang, Qing Mei, Lei Zhang, Zhendong Chen, Chunyan Zhu, Xiaowei Fang, Shike Geng and Aijun Pan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:28
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  30. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is burgeoning globally, and has been a serious challenge in TB management. Clinically, the ability to identify MDR-TB is still limited, especially in smear-negative TB...

    Authors: Saibin Wang and Junwei Tu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:27
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  31. This review article shows that coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are widely responsible for laryngological diseases. General characteristics of CoNS infections are shown in the introduction, and the path...

    Authors: Michał Michalik, Alfred Samet, Adrianna Podbielska-Kubera, Vincenzo Savini, Jacek Międzobrodzki and Maja Kosecka-Strojek
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:26
    Content type: Review Published on:

  32. Above 80% of urinary tract infections are caused by enteric bacteria, which are known for years by their drug-resistant ability. Though the prevalence of drug-resistant strains is increasing in the world, it i...

    Authors: Sirak Biset, Feleke Moges, Demeke Endalamaw and Setegn Eshetie
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:25
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  33. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-KP) is an urgent public health issue in Italy. This pattern of resistance is due mainly to dissemination of carbapenemase genes. Molecular characterization of carbap...

    Authors: Daniela Loconsole, Marisa Accogli, Anna Lisa De Robertis, Loredana Capozzi, Angelica Bianco, Anna Morea, Rosanna Mallamaci, Michele Quarto, Antonio Parisi and Maria Chironna
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:24
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  35. A series of cases in the Northeast of the US during 2013–2015 described a new Borrelia species, Borrelia miyamotoi, which is transmitted by the same tick species that transmits Lyme disease and causes a relapsing...

    Authors: Luis A. Marcos, Kalie Smith, Kelsey Reardon, Fredric Weinbaum and Eric D. Spitzer
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:22
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  36. The COVID-19 pandemic has currently overtaken every other health issue throughout the world. There are numerous ways in which this will impact existing public health issues. Here we reflect on the interactions...

    Authors: Toyin Togun, Beate Kampmann, Neil Graham Stoker and Marc Lipman
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:21
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. Cryptococcosis is a disease of wide geographic distribution. It is most critical when it affects immunocompromised patients, with AIDS, tuberculosis or other diseases that require prolonged hospitalization.

    Authors: Lucyane Mendes Silva, William Antunes Ferreira, Roberto Alexandre Alves Barbosa Filho, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Guilherme Motta Antunes Ferreira, Maria de Nazaré Saunier, Marielle Machado Macedo, Denise de Almeida Cristo, Marla Jalene Alves, Ani Beatriz Jackisch-Matsuura and Cristina Motta Ferreira
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:20
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  38. The equine encephalitis viruses, Venezuelan (VEEV), East (EEEV) and West (WEEV), belong to the genus alphavirus, family Togaviridae and still represent a threat for human and animal public health in the Americ...

    Authors: Camilo Guzmán-Terán, Alfonso Calderón-Rangel, Alfonso Rodriguez-Morales and Salim Mattar
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:19
    Content type: Review Published on:

  39. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized as highly contagious and deadly; however there is no credible and convenient biomarker to predict the severity of the disease. The aim of the present st...

    Authors: Wei Chen, Kenneth I. Zheng, Saiduo Liu, Zhihan Yan, Chongyong Xu and Zengpei Qiao
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:18
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  40. Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (BSI) cause significant morbidity and mortality due to the frequent antibiotic resistance, toxin and adhesin production of the bacterium. These characteristics differ ...

    Authors: Andrea Horváth, Orsolya Dobay, Judit Sahin-Tóth, Emese Juhász, Júlia Pongrácz, Miklós Iván, Enikő Fazakas and Katalin Kristóf
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:17
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  41. COVID-19 pandemics is a challenge for public health and infectious diseases clinicians, especially for the therapeutical approach that is not yet adequately defined. Amid this situation, investigational agents...

    Authors: José Millán-Oñate, William Millan, Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Carlos Guillermo Sánchez, Hugo Fernandez-Suarez, D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana and Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:16
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. Endometriosis (EMS) is a multifactorial disease that affects 10%–15% women of reproductive age and is associated with chronic pelvic pain and infertility. The pathogenesis of EMS has not been consistently expl...

    Authors: Weixia Wei, Xiaowei Zhang, Huiru Tang, Liping Zeng and Ruifang Wu
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:15
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  43. Antimicrobial resistance among nosocomial Gram-negative pathogens is a cause for concern in the Asia–Pacific region. The aims of this study were to measure the rates of resistance among clinical isolates colle...

    Authors: Wen-Chien Ko and Gregory G. Stone
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:14
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  44. The influence of liver disease on the pharmacokinetic profile, the risk of acute kidney injury, and excessive drug exposure in patients treated with vancomycin was examined.

    Authors: Luigi Brunetti, Jong Hwa Song, David Suh, Heui Jae Kim, Yeon Hee Seong, Dae Song Lee, Seung-Mi Lee and Dong-Churl Suh
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:13
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  45. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a public health concern because of its ability to develop multidrug resistance and hypervirulent genotypes, of those capsular types K1 and K2 cause community and nosocomial life-threateni...

    Authors: Omid Pajand, Narges Darabi, Maedeh Arab, Raheb Ghorbani, Zakaria Bameri, Ali Ebrahimi and Zoya Hojabri
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:12
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  46. Fungal keratitis (FK) has been shown to be a climate-sensitive disease. The differentiation between FK from bacterial keratitis (BK) was difficult. The purpose of this study was to compare the bacteriology and...

    Authors: Chih-An Chen, Shiuh-Liang Hsu, Ching-Hsi Hsiao, David Hui-Kang Ma, Chi-Chin Sun, Hun-Ju Yu, Po-Chiung Fang and Ming-Tse Kuo
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:11
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  47. Staphylococcus aureus is a primary pathogen of orthopedic infections. By mediating antimicrobial resistance, S. aureus biofilm plays an important role in the recalcitrance of orthopedic infections, especially for...

    Authors: Shengpeng Yu, Bei Jiang, Chao Jia, Hongri Wu, Jie Shen, Xiaomei Hu and Zhao Xie
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:10
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  48. This study aimed to evaluate in vitro susceptibility to ceftobiprole of clinical strains identified from prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) compared to that of the associations currently recommended for post-o...

    Authors: Claire Duployez, Frédéric Wallet, Henri Migaud, Eric Senneville and Caroline Loiez
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:9
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  49. Treatment of infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa forming biofilms after antimicrobial testing on planktonic bacteria can result in substantial failure. Therefore, we offer a robust and simple experimental platfo...

    Authors: Dhammika Leshan Wannigama, Cameron Hurst, Parichart Hongsing, Lachlan Pearson, Thammakorn Saethang, Naphat Chantaravisoot, Uthaibhorn Singkham-in, Sirirat Luk-in, Robin James Storer and Tanittha Chatsuwan
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:8
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  50. Infection is a major complication for patients with haematological malignancies. It is important to better understand the use of antimicrobial agents and antibiotic resistance for appropriate treatment and pre...

    Authors: Wataru Mimura, Haruhisa Fukuda and Manabu Akazawa
    Citation: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2020 19:7
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