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Editor's Corner

Are we closing in on an "elusive enemy"? The current status of our battle with Acinetobacter baumannii

Federico Perez Research and Medical Services; Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Department of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine; Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH USA
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Rafael Ponce-Terashima Department of Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine; Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH USA
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Mark D. Adams Department of Genetics; Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH USA
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Robert A. Bonomo Research and Medical Services; Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Departments of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine), Pharmacology and Molecular Biology and Microbiology; Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 86-90 | Published online: 01 Mar 2011

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