Prudent use of antimicrobial agents: Revisiting concepts and estimating perspectives in a global world

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 487-488

  Baquero, Fernando ^a   Garau, Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 77957577050     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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