Silver resistance: An alarming public health concern?

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 454-455

  Jakobsen, Lotte ^a   Andersen, Anders S ^a,b   Friis Møller, Alice ^c   Jørgensen, Bo ^b   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Frimodt Møller, Niels ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER NITRATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND DRESSING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FECES; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SILVER NITRATE; SWINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80053350410     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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