The global epidemic nature of antimicrobial resistance and the need to monitor and manage it locally

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  O'Brien, Thomas F ^a,b,c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; EPIDEMIC; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; R FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031031723     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.supplement_1.s2     Document Type: Article

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