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Review
. 2004 Jun;5(6):550-2.
doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400181.

Overcoming resistance

Review

Overcoming resistance

Caroline Hadley. EMBO Rep. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

Rather than waiting for new drugs, surveillance and education might be more efficient strategies to combat rising antimicrobial resistance

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Artwork from a 2002 UK National Health Service campaign to educate the public against antibiotic misuse. Reproduced with permission from the UK Department of Health.

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