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Identification of a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-4 (NDM-4)-producing Enterobacter cloacae from a Czech patient previously hospitalized in Sri Lanka

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This work was supported by the research project grants NT11032-6/2010 from the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and by the Charles University Research Fund (project number P36). C.C. Papagiannitsis was supported by the project: “Support of establishment, development, and mobility of quality research teams at the Charles University,” registration number CZ.1.07/2.3.00/30.0022, financed by The Education for Competitiveness Operational Programme funded by the ESF and the government budget of the Czech Republic.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University, Plzen, Czech Republic

    Costas C. Papagiannitsis, Vendula Studentova, Eva Chudackova, Tamara Bergerova & Jaroslav Hrabak

  2. 1st Medical Department, ICU, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Charles University, Plzen, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Radej & Ivan Novak

  3. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital in Plzen, Alej Svobody 80, 304 60, Plzen, Czech Republic

    Jaroslav Hrabak

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Papagiannitsis, C.C., Studentova, V., Chudackova, E. et al. Identification of a New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-4 (NDM-4)-producing Enterobacter cloacae from a Czech patient previously hospitalized in Sri Lanka. Folia Microbiol 58, 547–549 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-013-0247-5

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