Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 30, Issue 14 , Pages 108-111 , 15 July 2008

Diagnostic Dilemmas in a Case of Fulminant Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2008.06.005

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter
Volume 30, Issue 14 , Pages 108-111 , 15 July 2008

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