WHOMET: Removing obstacles to the full use of information about antimicrobial resistance

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 163-168

  O'Brien, Thomas F ^a,b   Stelling, John M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030220485     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(96)00139-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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