Surveillance of resistance against antimicrobial agents

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-79

  Verhoef, Jen ^a   Acar, Jacques F ^a   Gupta, Renu ^a   Jones, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONTROL SYSTEM; DRUG INDUSTRY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033067402     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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