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Research Article

Molecular characterization of oxacillinases and genotyping of invasive Acinetobacter baumannii isolates using repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based polymerase chain reaction in Ankara between 2004 and 2010

Alper ErginHacettepe University School of Health ServicesCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Gülsen HascelikDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
&
Ozgen Koseoglu EserDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 26-31 | Received 23 Apr 2012, Accepted 18 Jun 2012, Published online: 15 Sep 2012

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