Antimicrobials before antibiotics: war, peace, and disinfectants

This analysis of antimicrobials before antibiotics uses both biological and historical approaches to examine the origins of contemporary antibiotic resistance in the decades prior to the introduction of penicillin. Genetic studies of resistance elements in contemporary bacterial pathogens point towa...

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Main Author: Landecker, H. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2019
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