Antimicrobial resistance - a 'rising tide' of national (and international) risk

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-4

  Cole, J ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GLOBAL HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84952982952     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.005     Document Type: Editorial

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