Antibiotic Policies: Fighting Resistance

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gould, Ian M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Meer, Jos WM van der (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Virology.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Antibiotic resistance has reached epidemic proportions in most hospitals and many communities around the world. While control methods have traditionally (and usually unsuccessfully) relied on preventing cross infection it is increasingly obvious that new solutions are needed. There is growing eviden...

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