Antibiotic resistance and probiotics: Roles, mechanisms and evidence

Antibiotic Resistance: Causes and Risk Factors, Mechanisms and Alternatives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 5-38

  Liong, Min Tze ^a   Yeo, Siok Koon ^a   Kuan, Chiu Yin ^a   Fung, Wai Yee ^a   Ewe, Joo Ann ^a  

^a University Sains Malaysia   (Malaysia)

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