Biotypes, serovars and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates

Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 550-558

  Oliveira, Murilo Gomes ^a   Irino, Kinue ^b   Vaz, Tânia Mara Ibelli ^b   Gonçalves, Célia Rodrigues ^b   Levy, Carlos Emílio ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0030221743     PISSN: 09348840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0934-8840(96)80006-5     Document Type: Article

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