Lessons from the First Antibiotic Era

Fighting Infection in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 198-216

  Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Infectious diseases; Meningitis; Microbiology; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948746120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470695951.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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