Superbugs in food: A severe public health concern

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 641-643

  Collignon, Peter ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880703400     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70141-5     Document Type: Letter

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