Dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria across geographic borders

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 364-369

  Okeke, Iruka N ^a,b   Edelman, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034913951     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321877     Document Type: Review

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