Bacterial-resistant infections in resource-limited countries

Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries

Volumn 9780387893709, Issue , 2010, Pages 199-231

  Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89370-9_12     Document Type: Chapter

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