Antibiotic resistance: How much do we know and where do we go from here?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7093-7095

  Wang, Hua H ^a   Schaffner, Donald W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY;

EID: 82955194486     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06565-11     Document Type: Note

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