Approaches to limiting emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in human populations

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Hughes, James M ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031021304     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.supplement_1.s131     Document Type: Article

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