Antimicrobial Resistance: Problem Pathogens and Clinical Countermeasures (Infectious Disease and Therapy)

520 Pages·2007·2.69 MB·English

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Antimicrobial
Resistance
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND THERAPY
SeriesEditor
Burke A. Cunha
Winthrop-UniversityHospitalMineolaand
StateUniversityofNewYorkSchoolofMedicine
StonyBrook,NewYork
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editedbyRobertC.Owens,Jr.andEbbingLautenbach

Antimicrobial
Resistance
Problem Pathogens and
Clinical Countermeasures
Edited by
Robert C. Owens, Jr.
Maine Medical Center
Portland, Maine, USA
Ebbing Lautenbach
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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