SHORT REPORT Molecular analysis of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from US service members wounded in Iraq, 2003–2008
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X.-Z. HUANG *, M. A. CHAHINE, J. G. FRYE , D. M. CASH , E. P. LESHO, D. W. CRAFT 1, L. E. LINDLER3 AND M. P. NIKOLICH 1 1 Division of Bacterial and Rickettsial Diseases, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA 2 Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, USA 3 Chemical Biological Defense Division, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, USA
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Molecular analysis of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from US service members wounded in Iraq, 2003–2008
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