The epidemic of antibiotic-resistant infections: a call to action for the medical community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on January 15, 2008

Authors

Brad Spellberg1, Robert Guidos, David Gilbert, John Bradley, Helen W Boucher, W Michael Scheld, John G Bartlett, John Edwards, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.

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