An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Lenie Dijkshoorn; Alexandr Nemec; Harald Seifert

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An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Lenie Dijkshoorn Alexandr Nemec Harald Seifert

Nature Reviews Microbiology Vol. 5 No. 12 pp. 939-951 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Goldenfelsstrasse 19-21, 50935 Cologne, Germany; University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Pathology Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Lenie Dijkshoorn, Alexandr Nemec, Harald Seifert (2007). An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5(12), 939-951. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1789

An increasing threat in hospitals: multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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