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The ability of biofilm formation in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii belonging to two different European clones causing outbreaks in the Split University Hospital, Croatia

Vanja Kaliterna Educational Public Health Institute of Split and Dalmatia CountySplit, Croatia.
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Ivana Goic-Barisic Clinical Department of MicrobiologySplit University Hospital and Split University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 60-62 | Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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