The microbes strike back

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1703-1704

  McGeer, Allison J ^a   Low, Donald E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CANADA; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FINLAND; ICELAND; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031574136     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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