The dynamic relationship between antibiotic use and the incidence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: time-series modelling of 7-year surveillance data in a tertiary-care hospital
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- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Clinical Microbiology & Infection
- Vol. 14 (8), 747-754
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02026.x
Abstract
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