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Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications for the Twenty-First Century

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Goldstein, E.J.C., Citron, D.M., Hecht, D.W. (2008). Antimicrobial Resistance of Anaerobic Bacteria. In: Fong, I.W., Drlica, K. (eds) Antimicrobial Resistance and Implications for the Twenty-First Century. Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72418-8_6

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