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Published online 3 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040426-18
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Superbug dodges lab tests
Drug-resistant bacteria may gain foothold if detection fails.
A new strain of bugs resistant to antibiotics may be eluding routine laboratory tests, microbiologists have warned. Their caution comes shortly after the superbug surfaced for the third time.
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