The relationship between the volume of antimicrobial consumption in human communities and the frequency of resistance

The threat to human health posed by antibiotic resistance is of growing concern. Many commensal and pathogenic organisms have developed resistance to well established and newer antibiotics. The major selection pressure driving changes in the frequency of antibiotic resistance is the volume of drug u...

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Main Authors: Austin, D. J., Kristinsson, K. G., Anderson, R. M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The National Academy of Sciences 1999
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC15366/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9927709
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