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Letter to the Editor

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ventriculitis: a serious clinical challenge for neurosurgeons

Babak GanjeifarDivision of Neurological Surgery, Quaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhadm, Iran
,
Samira ZabihyanDivision of Neurological Surgery, Quaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhadm, Iran
,
Humain BaharvahdatDivision of Neurological Surgery, Quaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhadm, Iran
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Aslan BaradaranDivision of Neurological Surgery, Quaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical SciencesMashhadm, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 589-590 | Received 12 Feb 2015, Accepted 14 Jun 2016, Published online: 08 Jul 2016

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