Cycling antibiotics may not be good for your health

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 36, 2004, Pages 13101-13102

  Levin, Bruce R ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 4444317005     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0404970101     Document Type: Note

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