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Lack of cross-resistance between imipenem and other beta-lactam antibiotics forPseudomonas aeruginosa

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Opferkuch, W., Cullmann, W. Lack of cross-resistance between imipenem and other beta-lactam antibiotics forPseudomonas aeruginosa . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. 6, 330–332 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017634

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