The antibiotic resistance crisis: part 1: causes and threats.
Author:
- C Lee VentolaCVC Lee Ventola
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- 1 April 2015
- journal article
- Vol. 40 (4) , 277-83
Abstract
Decades after the first patients were treated with antibiotics, bacterial infections have again become a threat because of the rapid emergence of resistant bacteria-a crisis attributed to abuse of these medications and a lack of new drug development.Keywords
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