Managing antibiotic resistance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 26 I, 2000, Pages 1961-1963

  Wenzel, R P ^a   Edmond, M B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONITORING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034727834     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200012283432610     Document Type: Editorial

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