Acinetobacter baumanni- understanding and fighting a new emerging pathogen
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Acinetobacter baumannii: An Emerging and Important Pathogen.
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Microbiology Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1758-2229
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12224