Antibiotic cycling to decrease bacterial antibiotic resistance: a 5-year experience on a bone marrow transplant unit.

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Published in Bone Marrow Transplant on May 28, 2007

Authors

J Cadena1, C A Taboada, D S Burgess, J Z Ma, J S Lewis, C O Freytes, J E Patterson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. cadenazuluag@uthscsa.edu

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