The scourge of antimicrobial resistance: Containing a global crisis

Rajiv T Erasmus^{1

2}, Chikwelu L Obi³, Sajini Souda⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cape Peninsula University, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ School of Science and Technology, Sefako Magkatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

Editorial

Rajiv T Erasmus et al. Afr J Lab Med. 2024.

. 2024 Nov 29;13(1):2645.

doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v13i1.2645. eCollection 2024.

Rajiv T Erasmus^{1

2}, Chikwelu L Obi³, Sajini Souda⁴

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cape Peninsula University, Cape Town, South Africa.
² Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ School of Science and Technology, Sefako Magkatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.

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