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Editorial
. 2019 Dec 6;8(4):254.
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics8040254.

The Urgent Need for Novel Antimicrobial Agents and Strategies to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Marco Maria D'Andrea  1 , Maurizio Fraziano  1 , Maria Cristina Thaller  1 , Gian Maria Rossolini  2   3
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Editorial

The Urgent Need for Novel Antimicrobial Agents and Strategies to Fight Antibiotic Resistance

Marco Maria D'Andrea et al. Antibiotics (Basel). .

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens has currently reached very high and alarming levels [...].

Keywords: antibiotics; infections; novel antimicrobial approaches.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest in relation to this editorial.

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