Chlorhexidine exposure of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae strains leads to acquired resistance to this disinfectant and to colistin
- 1 June 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
- Vol. 53 (6) , 864-867
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