Antimicrobial drug resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean

Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries

Volumn 9780387893709, Issue , 2010, Pages 331-345

  Guzmán Blanco, Manuel ^a   Istúriz, Raul E ^b  

^a Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

^b Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

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EID: 77951201986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-89370-9_19     Document Type: Chapter

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