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Brief Communication

Outbreak of blaOXA-72-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in South America

Tamara Nuñez QuezadaHospital IESS “Teodoro Maldonando Carbo”, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Carlos Hernan RodríguezLaboratorio de Bacteriología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Glenda Castro CañarteHospital de Infectología “José Daniel Rodríguez Maridueña”, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Marcela NastroLaboratorio de Bacteriología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Nora Balderrama YarhuiLaboratorio de Bacteriología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Laura DabosLaboratorio de Bacteriología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Yessenia Acosta MosqueraHospital IESS “Teodoro Maldonando Carbo”, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Natasha Plaza MoreiraHospital IESS “Teodoro Maldonando Carbo”, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Angela FamigliettiLaboratorio de Bacteriología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pages 321-324 | Published online: 13 Apr 2016

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