Tigecycline use in two cases with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis
Authors:
- E. Ediz TutuncuETE. Ediz Tutuncu
- Ferit KuscuFKFerit Kuscu
- Yunus GurbuzYGYunus Gurbuz
- Baris OzturkBOBaris Ozturk
- Asli HaykirAHAsli Haykir
- Irfan SencanISIrfan Sencan
- 1 September 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14, e224-e226
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