Modified Hodge test as screening test for spreading Carbapenemase resistance has become more important
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Mustafa Hatipoglu, Sevket Balta, Mustafa Cakar, Sait Demirkol, Omer Kurt, Mustafa Dinc I Gulhane Military Medicine Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Üsküdar/İstanbul, Turkey. II Gulhane Medical Academy, Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. III Gulhane Medical Academy, Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. IV Beytepe Military Hospital, Internal Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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