Assessment of the Relationship between Antimicrobial Usage and Susceptibility: Differences between the Hospital and Specific Patient-Care Areas
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (1), 16-23
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313916
Abstract
Current evidence suggests that controlling antibiotic resistance requires the monitoring of both susceptibility trends and antimicrobial usage withinKeywords
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