Antibiotic resistance monitoring: A laboratory perspective

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 40-42

  Trevino, Sherry ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LABORATORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; MONITORING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0033914998     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.suppl_2.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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