In vitro and in vivo antimicrobial activities of gallium nitrate against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 10, 2012

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Luísa C S Antunes1, Francesco Imperi, Fabrizia Minandri, Paolo Visca

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1: Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.

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