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Resistance of clinical and environmental Acinetobacter baumannii against quaternary ammonium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

Ana Paula de Andrade
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases (LEID), School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Lavinia Nery Villa Stangler Arend
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases (LEID), School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Central Laboratory of Paraná State (LACEN-PR), São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil
Victoria Stadler Tasca Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases (LEID), School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Felipe Francisco Tuon*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases (LEID), School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: Felipe F. Tuon, E-mail: felipe.tuon@pucpr.br

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