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Widespread dissemination of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-23 carbapenemase and ArmA 16S ribosomal RNA methylase in a Bulgarian university hospital
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Tanya Strateva
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Corresponding author. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Sofia 2 Zdrave Street, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Corresponding author. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Sofia 2 Zdrave Street, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Boyka Markova, Yulia Marteva-Proevska
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Dobrinka Ivanova
Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Second Multiprofile Active Treatment Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
Ivan Mitov
Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
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