Burns
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 419-423 , August 2004

Two consecutive outbreaks of Acinetobacter baumanii 1-a in a burn Intensive Care Unit for adults

,Accepted 6 January 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00026-9

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.01.008

Burns
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 419-423 , August 2004

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