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Editorial
. 2000 Jan 22;320(7229):199-200.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7229.199.

The rise in bacterial resistance is partly because there have been no new classes of antibiotics since the 1960s

S G Amyes
Editorial

The rise in bacterial resistance is partly because there have been no new classes of antibiotics since the 1960s

S G Amyes. BMJ. .
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