Globalisation and antibiotic resistance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7774, 2010, Pages 615-

  So, Anthony ^a   Furlong, Melissa ^a   Heddini, Andreas ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOURISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL TOURISM;

EID: 77957126474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5116     Document Type: Editorial

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