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Letter to the Editor

Effect of rifampicin–colistin combination against XDR Acinetobacter baumannii harbouring blaOXA 23-like gene and showed reduced susceptibility to colistin at Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Doaa GhaithDepartment of Clinical and Chemical pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
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Reem HassanDepartment of Clinical and Chemical pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7032-4735
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Mohamed Ez El-Din DawoudDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
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Mohamed EweisDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
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Reem MetwallyDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;
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Mai ZaferDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, Giza, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 308-311 | Received 30 Nov 2018, Accepted 06 Dec 2018, Published online: 18 Feb 2019

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