Community-Acquired Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in Northern California
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Community-acquired pneumonia infections by Acinetobacter baumannii
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology: Open Access
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2327-5073
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5073.1000126