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Letter to the Editor

Antimicrobial in vitro activities of ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam and plazomicin against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa – a pilot Bulgarian study

Encho SavovLaboratory of Microbiology, Department of Military Epidemiology and Hygiene, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Angelina TrifonovaLaboratory of Microbiology, Department of Military Epidemiology and Hygiene, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria; Correspondence[email protected]
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Krassimira KovachkaMultiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment, Samokov, Bulgaria;
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Elena KjossevaLaboratory of Microbiology, Department of Military Epidemiology and Hygiene, Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria;
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Tanya StratevaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Pages 870-873 | Received 26 Jul 2019, Accepted 02 Aug 2019, Published online: 21 Aug 2019

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