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Editorial
. 2021 Oct 17;8(11):ofab531.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab531. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Human Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Getting to the Bottom of Antibiotic Resistance

Rachel M Smith  1 , Ebbing Lautenbach  2 , Sylvia Omulo  3 , Rafael Araos  4 , Douglas R Call  3 , Girish C P Kumar  5 , Fahmida Chowdhury  6 , Clifford L McDonald  1 , Benjamin J Park  1
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Editorial

Human Colonization With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Getting to the Bottom of Antibiotic Resistance

Rachel M Smith et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: and middle; antibiotic resistance; colonization; income countries; low.

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Figure 1.
Visualizing the “missingness” of antimicrobial resistance (AR) data within the antibiotic resistance surveillance pyramid.
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