A 6-year surveillance of antimicrobial resistance patterns of Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia isolates from a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia during 2005–2010

Krishnappa Lakshmana GowdaDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences College of Applied Medical SciencesKing Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mohammed A. M. MarieDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences College of Applied Medical SciencesKing Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [email protected]

Yazeed A Al-SheikhDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences College of Applied Medical SciencesKing Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

James JohnDepartment of Clinical MicrobiologyChristian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India

Sangeetha GopalkrishnanDepartment of Microbiology, Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute, Chennai, India

Pradeep Chikkabidare ShashidharDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences College of Applied Medical SciencesKing Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Khaled Homoud M. DabwanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences College of Applied Medical SciencesKing Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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