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Editorial
. 2022 Dec 27;12(1):41.
doi: 10.3390/pathogens12010041.

Acinetobacter baumannii during COVID-19: What Is the Real Pandemic?

Karyne Rangel  1   2 , Salvatore Giovanni De-Simone  1   2   3
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Editorial

Acinetobacter baumannii during COVID-19: What Is the Real Pandemic?

Karyne Rangel et al. Pathogens. .

Abstract

The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, has had a monumental impact on public health globally [...].

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