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Anti-Acinetobacter baumannii activity of selected phytochemicals alone, in binary combinations and in combinations with conventional antibiotics

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Pages 5964-5967 | Received 23 Jun 2020, Accepted 01 Aug 2020, Published online: 20 Aug 2020

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