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Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs: When, Where, and Why?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael T. Osterholm*
Affiliation:
Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kristine L. MacDonald
Affiliation:
Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Acute Disease Epidemiology Section, Minnesota Department of Health, 717 Delaware St. SE, Box 9441, Minneapolis, MN 55440
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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