Opening Pandora box - high level resistance to antibiotics of last resort in Gram negative bacteria from Nigeria

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Opening Pandora box - high level resistance to antibiotics of last resort in Gram negative bacteria from Nigeria. / Ogbolu, David Olusoga; Webber, Mark A; Piddock, Laura J.

bioRxiv, 2018. p. 1-33.

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Ogbolu, DO, Webber, MA & Piddock, LJ 2018 'Opening Pandora box - high level resistance to antibiotics of last resort in Gram negative bacteria from Nigeria' bioRxiv, pp. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1101/344093

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Ogbolu, D. O., Webber, M. A., & Piddock, L. J. (2018). Opening Pandora box - high level resistance to antibiotics of last resort in Gram negative bacteria from Nigeria. (pp. 1-33). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/344093

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Ogbolu DO, Webber MA, Piddock LJ. Opening Pandora box - high level resistance to antibiotics of last resort in Gram negative bacteria from Nigeria. bioRxiv. 2018 Jun 14, p. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1101/344093

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Ogbolu, David Olusoga ; Webber, Mark A ; Piddock, Laura J. / Opening Pandora box - high level resistance to antibiotics of last resort in Gram negative bacteria from Nigeria. bioRxiv, 2018. pp. 1-33

Bibtex

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