Epidemiological interpretation of studies examining the effect of antibiotic usage on resistance.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on April 01, 2013

Authors

Vered Schechner1, Elizabeth Temkin, Stephan Harbarth, Yehuda Carmeli, Mitchell J Schwaber

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

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