Antibiotic resistance and the refugee crisis in Europe - Preemptive action is indicated

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 69-70

  Maltezou, Helena C ^a  

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEMASE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; MEROPENEM; VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AEROMONAS; AFGHAN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIPHTHERIA; EDITORIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMIGRATION; IRANIAN PEOPLE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIGRANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PANTOEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYRIAN; MIGRATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; REFUGEES;

EID: 84962425747     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.03.009     Document Type: Editorial

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