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Overexpression of the naturally occurring blaOXA-51 gene in Acinetobacter baumannii mediated by novel insertion

Samy Figueiredo, Laurent Poirel, Anna Papa

    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    |July 1, 2009
    PubMed
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