Acinetobacter pneumonia: a review.

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Published in MedGenMed on July 05, 2007

Authors

Joshua D Hartzell1, Andrew S Kim, Mark G Kortepeter, Kimberly A Moran

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1: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Joshua.Hartzell@na.amedd.army.mil

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