Biological warfare: Homo sapiens vs. bacteria

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages S160-S167

  Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ISONIAZID; MACROLIDE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031690384     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: 15369943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199809000-00009     Document Type: Article

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