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Editorial
. 2023 Feb 1:14:1135614.
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1135614. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Emerging multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens "superbugs": A rising public health threat

Abdelazeem Algammal  1 , Helal F Hetta  2 , Mahmoud Mabrok  3 , Payam Behzadi  4
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Editorial: Emerging multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens "superbugs": A rising public health threat

Abdelazeem Algammal et al. Front Microbiol. .
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Keywords: antibiotic resistance; bacterial pathogens; multidrug-resistance (MDR); public health; superbugs.

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