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Synergy testing of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumanii against tigecycline and polymyxin using an E-test methodology

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  1. Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Florida Health Sciences Center—Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    M. Sands & W. Sanchez

  2. Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, University of Florida Health Sciences Center—Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA

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Sands, M., McCarter, Y. & Sanchez, W. Synergy testing of multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumanii against tigecycline and polymyxin using an E-test methodology. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 26, 521–522 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0330-4

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