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Review
. 2016 Mar;71(3):572-5.
doi: 10.1093/jac/dkv484.

Antibiotics: from prehistory to the present day

Kate Gould  1
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Antibiotics: from prehistory to the present day

Kate Gould. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Antimicrobials have been in use for many thousands of years in a variety of formats. In this article, I trace how we have moved from ingenious use of agents available in the environment to chemically engineered agents.

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