Resistance to antimicrobial agents: A personal view

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 751-755

  Greenwood, D ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; FLUCONAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0031707402     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-9-751     Document Type: Review

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