World health organization releases global priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to guide research, discovery, and development of new antibiotics

JMS - Journal of Medical Society

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 76-77

  Shrivastava, Saurabh Rambiharilal ^a   Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh ^a   Ramasamy, Jegadeesh ^a  

^a Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Deemed to Be University   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DRUG RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; VEIN CATHETERIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85048729976     PISSN: 09724958     EISSN: 2321662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/jms.jms_25_17     Document Type: Letter

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